May 28, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "BARAK AND HIS PREDECESSORS: A TESTING TIME FOR PEACE"     THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES UNDERGOES A SUCCESSFUL EYE OPERATION.   BEFORE LEAVING ITALY TO MOROCCO, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ HELDS TALKS WITH THE POPE, THE ITALIAN PRESIDENT AND ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER. PRINCE ABDULLAH: SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT BARGAIN WITH ITS STANDS, JERUSALEM IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND IT MUST BE BROUGHT BACK UNDER ARAB SOVEREIGNTY.   CONCLUDING HIS VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA WHERE AGREEMENTS ON BOOSTING COOPERATION WERE SIGNED: PRINCE ABDULLAH: WHAT WE HAVE JOINTLY ACHIEVED IN THE ISSUE OF LOCKERBIE IS A GLITTERING PROOF OF WHAT OUR TWO COUNTRIES CAN ACHIEVE JOINTLY. PRESIDENT MANDELA: CROWN PRINCE'S ACTIONS HAVE PROMOTED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GULF AND SOUTHERN AFRICA.     PRINCE SULTAN URGES THE US TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS AND AGREEMENTS AND RESUME THE STALLED NEGOTIATIONS. THE SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHAIRING THE WEEKLY CABINET MEETING: SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS THE KOSOVARS.   PRINCE SULTAN INAUGURATES PATRIOT TRAINING CENTRE AND ATTENDS A GRADUATION AT THE INSTITUTE OF AIR DEFENCE FORCE.     GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CELEBRATES ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY. DISTINCTIVE EFFORTS, SPECIFIC DECISIONS AND FOLLOW UP PROCEDURES CONFIRM A UNIFIED STAND ON ALL ISSUES.     THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER OF STATES FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS GEOFFREY HOON REITERATES THE UK SUPPORT TO A COMPREHENSIVE AND PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM. HOON: THE IRAQI REGIME IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPOSING THE SANCTIONS. WE VALUE THE SAUDI AND GULF POLITICAL SUPPORT TO NATO'S RESOLUTION TO STAND AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA AND HELP THE REFUGEES.     PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ CALLS FOR SELF RULE AND INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN KOSOVO. ALBRIGHT CONFIRMS THERE WILL BE LAND FORCES IN KOSOVO IN THE SUMMER AND COOK SAYS BELGRADE FORCES ARE BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE. GENERAL CLARK CALLS FOR DEPLOYING 50,000 SOLDIERS ON KOSOVO BORDERS.     LEBANON AND SYRIA ARE CAUTIOUS ABOUT "BARAK'S PROJECT." REGAINING ARAB RIGHTS COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ARAB COOPERATION AND ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS AND "MADRID'S" ACCORDS.