Bush 'not sole agent for reform': Saudis
RIYADH (AFP) - Members of Saudi Arabia's Shura (consultative) Council said the kingdom was initiating reforms of its own volition and U.S. President George W. Bush should stop acting as if he were the "sole agent for reform" in the world.
"Saudi Arabia is the country that has been most responsive to demands for reform in the region, but reform, under the leadership of King Abdullah, is not linked to calls from the United States," Mohammad al-Zalfa told AFP.
"We don't want the U.S. president to ask the kingdom every now and then for a statement of account of what it did on reform," he said after Bush called on allies Egypt and Saudi Arabia to expand political reform. ...
"We urge President Bush and his administration not to interfere as if they were the sole agents for reform in the world." ....
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