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Saud al-Faisal Prince Saud Saud
Prince Saud al-Faisal who the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the meeting that it would be height of irony if they fail to take care of those people those who are seeking for peace. After that Ms. Rice met Wednesday with Prince Saud and King Abdullah. Prince Saud further said that they wish not to link international aid to the Palestinian people to considerations other than their dire, humanitarian need. Prince Saud also appeared to reject widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, saying that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons merely ''accusations.'' He added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and ''they have denied this many times to us,'' though a senior American official said the Saudi leaders expressed more concern about Iran in private meetings. Saudi Arabia gives the Palestinian government $15 million a month, and Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it would be ironical not to take care of these people who are seeking peace, during a news conference Wednesday night. Prince Saud also mentioned that international aid to the Palestinian people should be considered a humanitarian need. He also rejected widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, calling the reports merely ''accusations'', and added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and they were denied.