September 17, 1999

			SAUDI ARABIA CELEBRATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT AT THE HAND OF ITS UNIFIER KING ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD. AN HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT LED THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM ON THE BASIS OF FAITH AND TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF UNITY IN THE ARAB PENINSULA.   CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES THANKS PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ FOR HIS EFFORTS IN SERVING ISLAM AND PUBLISHING THE BOOK OF "HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM".   PRINCE ABDULLAH CHAIRING THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' WEEKLY SESSION: THE TALKS WITH SULTAN QABOOS MANIFESTED THE DEEP-ROOTED BROTHERHOOD AND GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS. SAUDI ARABIA CALLED UPON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT IN ITS EFFORTS TO RESTORE SECURITY AND STABILITY IN EAST TIMOR.   COMPREHENSIVE SAUDI - OMANI TALKS HELD IN JEDDAH. SAUDI ARABIA AND OMAN STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FULL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: OUR CONFLICT IS NOT WITH THE IRAQI PEOPLE BUT WITH THE HEAD OF THE REGIME WHO INSISTS ON BECOMING A DEVIANT IN THE ARAB WORLD.   GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS CONDEMN THE IRAQI REGIMES' DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. THE PEACE PROCESS WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNLESS INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS ARE APPLIED AND ALL LEGAL RIGHTS RETURNED TO ARABS. RENEWAL OF CALL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST AN AREA FREE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.   THE FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS COUNCIL MEETING: REJECTION OF RESETTLING REFUGEES, REJECTION OF BARAK'S NO'S AND SUPPORT THE SYRIAN AND LEBANESE POSITIONS. CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED AMERICAN AIDS TO ISRAEL. DETERMINATION TO REGAIN JERUSALEM.   KING ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT LAHOUD CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SOUTH LEBANON TO RESUME FROM WHERE THEY STOPPED. LEBANON DECLARES ITS REJECTION FOR OFFERS OF CONDITIONAL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL AND FOR SETTLING REFUGEES.   IN BRIEF