Saudi Arabia asks Iran to extradite Qaeda suspects

Published August 14th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Saudi Arabia welcomes Iran's readiness to hand over any Saudi al-Qaeda suspects it may be holding and has already asked for their extradition, the oil-rich kingdom's interior minister said in remarks published Thursday. 

 

"We have positive security cooperation with the Iranian authorities, and we are used to them handing over to us any detained Saudi suspects," Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz told Al-Hayat

 

Riyadh has already asked Tehran to hand over any Saudi member of the al-Qaeda terror network detained in Iran, he said. (Albawaba.com) 

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