KABUL, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has disclosed that his administration wanted talks with Taliban through the mediation of Saudi Arabia, an Afghan web site Quqnoos reported on Wednesday.

    "Since two years I have been sending letters and messages to the Saudi Arabian king and requested him, as a world Muslim leader, to help us bring peace in Afghanistan," Quqnoos quoted the president as saying.

    The web site added that the Afghan president admitted Tuesday on the occasion of the first day of Eidul Fitr to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan that the preparation for negotiations is going on a daily basis.

    "Our envoys traveled many times to Saudi Arabia and to Pakistan, but the discussions have not started yet. We hope that it happens soon," he said.

    He made this admission after a British newspaper the Observer revealed Sunday that talks between Taliban and Afghan government with the support of Britain was going on.

    However, Afghan foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in talks with the press on Monday said that no official contacts had been established with militants.

    Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar who in the past linked any talks with Afghan government on his message on the eve of Eidul Fitr once again ruled out any talks with the concernment, adding no talks will be with the government in the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan.