RIYADH, March 25: Saudi Arabia has reportedly put forward a peace plan to Washington and Baghdad which envisages a safe exit to President Saddam Hussein and immediate cessation of hostilities.

A report by some Western television channels indicate that Riyadh has put forward some sort of a plan before the two governments so as to bring to an end the war immediately. The Saudi government is definitely disturbed at the war being fought at its borders and wants to bring it to an end.

Although Saudi Arabia has been denying in the past that it has forwarded any plan for President Saddam to go into exile, for the first time Saudis endorsed the idea when the UAE put forward the proposal before the Arab League summit held at Sharmal-Al-Sheik.

Saudi Arabia has been emphasizing ever since hostilities began to find some ways to stop the war, which was termed “illegitimate” by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal.

Meanwhile, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference Dr Abdulwahid Belkeziz has sent messages to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and foreign ministers of Security Council’s member states calling for an immediate halt to war on Iraq.

In a press release issued here on Tuesday, Dr Belkeziz stressed that war had by no means been a way for solving international conflicts notably this conflict, and the United Nations should set a peaceful method to solve it through the international inspectors.