October 1, 1999

			CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES RETURNS TO RIYADH AFTER CONCLUDING HIS PRIVATE VISIT TO SPAIN. CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH, PRINCE SULTAN, PRINCES, MINISTERS AND HIGH OFFICIALS RECEIVED KING FAHD AT THE AIRPORT.   PRINCE ABDULLAH THANKS ALL THOSE WHO CONGRATULATED THE KINGDOM ON THE OCCASION OF ITS NATIONAL DAY. THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONSIDER PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S RE-ELECTION FOR A FOURTH TERM A REFLECTION OF THE TRUST THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE HAVE IN HIM. APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE U.S. TO REGULATE ENTRY VISAS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.   A VISIT OF "CORDIALITY AND LOVE" TO OMAN. SULTAN QABOOS AND PRINCE SULTAN DISCUSSED BILATERAL RELATIONS AND GCC ACHIEVMENTS. PRINCE SULTAN: THERE ARE NO DISPUTES AMONG THE GCC STATES.   YEMENI PRESIDENT EXPECTS A RESOLUTION. PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE BORDER ISSUE WITH YEMEN IS NOT A PROBLEM, IT IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO RELATIONSHIPS OF LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. YEMENI FOREIGN MINISTER: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN YEMEN AND SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO THE BORDER ISSUE, WHICH IS ON ITS WAY TO BE SOLVED.   FOLLOWING HIS TALKS WITH THE TUNISIAN MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: PRINCE SULTAN: NO DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA.   EXTENSIVE CELEBRATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE SAUDI NATIONAL DAY. INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY PRAISES THE SAUDI ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST STABILITY.   IN A JOINT STATEMENT THE US AND THE GCC URGE IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT ALL UN RESOLUTIONS AND CALL UPON IRAN TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO CALLS FOR A PEACEFULL RESOLUITON TO THE DISPUTED THREE ISLANDS. THE TWO SIDES EXPRESSED THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF RESUMING NEGOTIATIONS ON THE SYRIAN AND LEBANESE TRACKS.   CONTRADICTORY EXPECTATIONS THAT OBSTACLES WOULD BE SOON SURMOUNTED IN ORDER TO RESUME THE PEACE PROCESS ON THE SYRIAN AND LEBANESE TRACKS. ALBRIGHT: NO STABILITY IN THE REGION WITHOUT RETURNING GOLAN TO SYRIA AND RESUMING NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE POINT WHERE THEY STOPPED. AN ARAB-ISRAELI MEETING HELD IN NEW YORK WITH A UNANIMOUS FEELING THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO START THE NEW CENTURY WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE.   PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW NAWAF SALAM:PEACE REQUIRES BETTER AND UNBIASED EFFORTS BY AMERICA AS A MEDIATOR. BARAK DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY TO MAKE COMPREHENSIVE AND JUST PEACE WITH THE ARABS. THE STATE OF IMBALANCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARABS IS HOLDING PEACE OFF THE REGION.   IN BRIEF