April 23, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "FROM QANA TO ARNOUN"   KING FAHD: PRINCE ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE EMBODIES THE ATTENTION BEING GIVEN BY THE STATE TO ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM. SAUDI ARABIA CALLED FOR SERIOUS EFFORTS FOR THE RETURN OF KOSOVARS TO THEIR HOMES AND ALLOWING THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS.   PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ VISITED BAHRAIN AND DISCUSSED WITH THE EMIR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA AND THE ARAB WORLD. KING FAHD BRIDGE IS A SYMBOL OF THE STRONG TIES AMONG THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.   PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ OPENS THE EXHIBITION OF "100 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT" IN KING FAHD UNIVERSITY FOR PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES DURING HIS TOUR OF THE EASTERN REGION. SINCE THE DAYS OF KING ABDUL AZIZ EDUCATION HAS BEEN A GUARANTEED AND AVAILABLE RIGHT TO EVERY CITIZEN. THE CROWN PRINCE LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR A SAUDI - JAPANESE TEXTILES FACTORY AND RECEIVES OFFERS FROM AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES FOR INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM AND INAUGURATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY TOWN PROJECT.     AFFIRMING SAUDI ARABIA'S FULL SUPPORT TO LEBANON: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: WE ARE NOT MEDIATING BETWEEN THE UAE AND IRAN. THE AIM OF OUR TALKS IN TEHERAN IS TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS.   PRINCE SULTAN: SAUDI ARABIA CONDEMNS THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE SERBS AGAINST THE ALBANIAN MUSLIMS, AND BOTH KING FAHD AND CROWN 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.     KING FAHD AND PRINCE ABDULLAH CONGRATULATE BOUTEFLIKA FOR HIS ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF ALGERIA. THE NEW PRESIDENT DECLARES HIS ADHERENCE TO THE CEASE-FIRE WITH THE MILITARY WING OF THE "ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT - FIS". PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ DISCUSSES WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS BILATERAL RELATIONS AND ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. THE EMIR OF RIYADH REGION MEETS PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN IN SOUTH KOREA. THE THIRD EURO-MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE CALLS FOR ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON AND THE RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS. SYRIA AND EGYPT STAND AGAINST SHARON'S MANOEUVRES ON JERUSALEM. IN BRIEF