JEDDAH, 17 November 2005 — Saudi Arabia will sponsor a major international counterterrorism conference to be hosted by the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on Jan. 16 and 17, the institute announced yesterday.
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Prince Muhammad ibn Nawaf, the Kingdom’s new ambassador to the UK, as well as a number of international experts will address the conference titled “Transnational terrorism: A global approach,” a RUSI statement said.
“The two-day conference will discuss how the world community can respond to the challenge of international terrorism,” RUSI said. It will explore counterterrorism strategies and approaches from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America presented by experts from these regions.
The conference will also address the geopolitical dimensions of terrorism not only at Middle Eastern level but also at European, American and African levels, said the institute, which conducts defense and security studies.
The RUSI event comes a year after the Kingdom held a similar conference in Riyadh in February with the participation of delegates from more than 50 countries and organizations. While opening the Riyadh conference, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, then crown prince, called for the establishment of an international center to combat terror.
