MANAMA, 8 October 2005 — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Pakistan will participate in a meeting to be held in Bahrain on Nov. 11 within the framework of the Group of Eight (G-8) Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative. The BMENA plan, launched by the G-8 member states including the United States, seeks to promote reform and peace initiatives in individual BMENA countries as well as in the Middle East region as a whole.