June 24, 1998

			EDITORIAL: "KOSOVO..AND THE BLACK BIRDS"   KING FAHD STRESSES THE NEED FOR AN INTENSIFICATION OF ARAB EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORY, AND THE SETTING UP OF AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE WITH ITS CAPITAL IN JERUSALEM.   AT THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: OUR SOLE ENEMY IS ISRAEL WHO IS ALSO AN ENEMY TO HERSELF. SINCERE BROTHERHOOD LED OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH YEMEN.   PRINCE SULTAN DISCUSSES WITH THE LEBANESE MINISTER OF DEFENCE BILATERAL CO-OPERATION AND THE SITUATION IN THE REGION. THE LEBANESE MINISTER: WE MAINTAIN A GREAT LOYALTY IN LEBANON TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCE SULTAN.   PRESIDENT ASSAD OF SYRIA IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE REGION AND THE WAYS TO UNITE THE ARAB POSITION IN THE FACE OF ISRAEL. THE JOINT DECLARATION CONFIRMS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA TO MAKE ISRAEL COMPLY WITH THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS. SYRIAN SAUDI AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON SETTING UP A FREE JOINT TRADE ZONE. AGREEMENT ON MEASURES FOR FRUITFUL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. MEMBERS IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS URGE THE YEMENI PRESIDENT TO ACHIEVE RECONCILIATION AND TO STOP THE ESCALATING WAVE OF VIOLENCE. THE GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CONFRONT THE WAVE OF EXPLOSIONS, KIDNAPPINGS AND CLASHES. THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YOUGOSLAVIA AND THE SERBS FOR THE USE OF VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO. THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL: PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC BEARS A HEAVY PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.