October 28, 1998
       
 
       
EDITORIAL:
"NO PEACE WITHOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS... AND RESPECT FOR THE RULES OF LEGITIMACY"
 
KING FAHD HOPES THAT THE PALESTINIAN - ISRAELI ACCORD WOULD HERALD NEW PHASE OF JUST AND COMPREHENSIVE PEACE FOR ALL ME COUNTRIES.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD UNIFY EFFORTS TO CONFRONT ISRAEL'S IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS AND ITS ILLEGAL PLANS IN JERUSALEM.
 
A COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND JAPAN: SUPPORTING PEACE, ENDING TENSION, REMOVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND INCREASING ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION. SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL FOR JAPAN.
 
SIGNED BY PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ IN TOKYO:
THE TEXT OF THE MEMORANDUM FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND JAPAN FOR THE COMING CENTURY.
 
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: SPREAD PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP, NOT MISSILES OF DESTRUCTION.
US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE COMMENDS SAUDI EFFORTS TO DEFUSE SYRIAN-TURKISH TENSION.
 
AT A MEETING PRESIDED BY PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ:
AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON A NUMBER OF SERVICES PROJECTS IN THE RIYADH REGION.
 
THE PALESTINIAN- ISRAELI AGREEMENT LAID THE FOUNDATIONS FOR PAVING THE WAY FOR THE FINAL PHASE NEGOTIATIONS.
ARAFAT CONFIRMED THE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS TO DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENT STATE AS OF NEXT MAY.



FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK:
THE WEST SHOULD REMEMBER THE DEBT OUR CULTURE OWES TO ISLAM.



THE WORLD FACES THE THREAT OF A GLOBAL RECESSION.
THREE TO FOUR YEARS OF ECONOMIC TENSION UNTIL THE NEXT CYCLICAL UPSWING TAKES HOLD.
THE ARAB WORLD IS LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL MARKET.



PAKISTAN JOINS THOSE STATES PUTTING PRESSURE ON TALIBAN TO BRING IBN LADEN TO JUSTICE.
DOSSIER AGAINST IBN LADEN CONTAINS DOZENS OF ACCUSATIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORIST ACTS.