April 9, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "Shouldn't we be fair about this?" By Khalid Ibn Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz.   A FRUITFUL VISIT BY KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN TO SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI ARABIA CONFIRMS ITS FULL SUPPORT TO JORDAN. PRINCE SULTAN STRESSES ON THE STRONG RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO BROTHERS COUNTRIES.   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL-AZIZ PRAISES THE SUCCESS OF THE PILGRIMAGE AND CONVEYS GREETINGS FROM THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND HIS CROWN PRINCE TO THE SAUDI ARMED FORCES. PRINCE SULTAN: THE SAUDI FORCES WORK FOR THE VICTORY OF RELIGION, DIGNITY AND OBEDIENCE OF GOD AND THE KING IN WHAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE NATION.     IN A COMPREHENSIVE INTERVIEW: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ TO AL SHARQ NEWSPAPER. "I WAS PLEASED WITH THE ELECTION OF GENERAL LAHHOUD ... OPENING THE FILES IS NOT IN LEBANON'S INTEREST. HRAWI INHERITED A COUNTRY IN RUINS AND HE PASSED ON A PROPER STATE. NO ONE CAN FORGET THE SACRIFICES MADE BY RAFIQ AL HARIRI AL-ASSAD'S WISDOM IN DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF REGION IS SOMETHING WORTHY OF NOTE. WE ARE ALWAYS AGAINST STRIKING IRAQ AND WE ARE ALWAYS FOR THE UNITY OF ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE. WE MEDIATED IN LOCKERBIE WHEN WE FELT THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE RESPONSIVE. KHATAMI'S VISIT TO THE KINGDOM WILL HAVE ITS POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES."   THE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN RIYADH CONFIRMS THAT KHATAMI WILL VISIT SAUDI ARABIA. AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN WELCOME FOR PRINCE SULTAN, WHOSE VISIT IS SEEN TO BE "HISTORIC." "PRINCE SULTAN'S STATUS, WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE ARE STRONG BASES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES."     PRINCE SULTAN: SAUDI ARABIA CONDEMNS THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE SERBS AGAINST THE ALBANIAN MUSLIMS, AND BOTH KING FAHD AND PRINCE ABDULLAH HAVE SENT AID TO THE REFUGEES, TO EASE THEIR SUFFERING. MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED THE SERBIAN CAMPAIGNS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AGAINST THE MUSLIMS IN KOSOVO.     PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR A PROJECT TO IMPROVE POWER SUPPLY IN RIYADH. ANNUAL AVERAGE GROWTH OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN SAUDI ARABIA TOPS OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.   LIBYA AND THE UNITED STATES EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR ITS ROLE IN SOLVING THE LOCKERBIE PROBLEM. PRINCE BANDAR IBN SULTAN: SAUDI ARABIA IS NOT A MEDIATOR BUT LIBYA'S PARTNER IN GOOD AND BAD TIMES. THE TRIAL OF THE LOCKERBIE SUSPECTS TAKES PLACE IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UN SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA ARE SUSPENDED. SAUDI ARABIA SPENDS 12 BILLION RIYALS ANNUALLY ON MEDICAL PROJECTS. PREPARATIONS FOR THE NINTH EXHIBITION OF MEDICAL CARE AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT ARE UNDERWAY. IN BRIEF