Saudi Official hails importance of Vienna Meeting on Dialogue among religions

Vienna, July 13, SPA -- Dr Abdulaziz Salih Bin Salama, the Supervisor
for foreign information at the Saudi Ministry of Culture and
Information has said the deliberations of the meeting of the
follow-up committee for dialogue of religions, which began here today
would provide an opportunity for the religious and intellectual
leaderships to set up a suitable mechanism for dialogue so as to get
assured that it will be fruitful and will contribute to enhancing
confidence and cooperation among the representatives of the
international religions and cultures.

In a statement to The Saudi Press Agency, he said the Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has been tirelessly
exerting efforts to make the dialogue among the followers of
religions and cultures a useful channel for ending conflicts and
crises and enabling the nations to avoid the woes of wars and
political, economic and socials problems which harm the mankind.

He noted that dialogue will tackle several international problems if
the leaders of religions and thinkers agree on common targets and
factors which advocate discarding violence and aggression and
enhancing the pillars of justice and tolerance.

"A large number of international problems are not based on genuine
justifications, and these have nothing to do with the religions and
cultures," he said.

Dr Bin Salama pointed out that the ministry of culture and
information has been contributing to the coverage of the meeting of
the follow-up committee.

--SPA