AntratadoMr Hollow any ATO Saúdi mm. Gazette No.479THURSDAY,Novemberو 1977 ,10 الخميس ۲۹ ذی القعدة ۱۳۹۷ه سعودی جازيت Shattering war looming-Simonet A DISASTROUS war could break out if fruitful Mid-easttalks do not start soon, Henri Simonet, Belgian ForeignMinister said. In an exclusive interview, Simonet, current European EconomicCommunity President, told the Editor of the Saudi Gazette: “There is afeeling growing in Europe that forces are building up that could lead toanother war which will shatter the whole fabric, the whole structure ofWestern society and which will mainly damage Europe if fruitful talksdid not start in the foreseeable future.” Simonet added that since the joint statement made by the SovietUnion and the U.S. there have been so many“ manoeuvres and countermanoeuvres" that he personally did not see clearly what was going on." "Most people at present are rather pessimistic about the possibility ofholding the (peace) conference together," Simonet said. The Minister stressed the EEC countries have repeatedly told Israelthat it was steering a dangerous course by legalising settlements in and Syria is that “there is no disparity of views in the Arab states on thigfundamental issue. “It is useless for some countries to try to bank on the division amongArabs on this issue.” He added that “without due recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people” no Mid-east settlement could be reached. “We stated very, very emphatically there is a Palestinian people” who"have rights and one of those rights is the right to a homeland and asinstitutional framework to that homeland," he said. However, Simonet conceded, that EEC countries "so far have noreached agreement on the fact that the PLO is the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, On bilaterial relations between Belgium and Saudi Arabia, Simonetwho ended his visit to Jeddah, yesterday, said he talked about severalprojects in which Belgian firms were interested. It was agreed that areArab-EEC co-operation agreement would be signed “as soon as possi.ble.” SIMONET is escorted to his plane by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Foreign Minister.occupied territories (and) by forcing an (Israeli) administrative status onthese territories in contradiction of resolutions taken by the UN." On the question of“Palestinian rights”, Simonet said that one of “themost significant conclusions" he can draw from his visits to Saudi Arabia Phantom ieta atunnl. d.
