November 5, 1999
       
 
       
CHAIRING THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' WEEKLY SESSION:
KING FAHD: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE ECONOMIC AND DEDELOPMENTAL PROJECTS.
ANNUAL PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SAUDI BUSINESSMEN.
 
KING FAHD AND PRINCE ABDULLAH DISCUSS CHINESE - SAUDI RELATIONS WITH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN.
RIYADH AND BEIJING CALL ON IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT THE INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CURRENT STALEMATE.
THE CHINESE PRESIDENT: SAUDI ARABIA IS CHINA'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.
 
CHAIRING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL:
PRINCE ABDULLAH: WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY OBSTACLES TO DELAY THE WORK OF THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL.
THE CROWN PRINCE POINTED OUT THE MAIN PRIORITIES IN THE COUNCIL'S TASK.
 
IN A COMPREHENSIVE OFFICIAL VISIT BY PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ TO THE UNITED STATES:
THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE ISSUES OF IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND IRAN, SECURITY, TERRORISM AND BILATERAL RELATIONS WERE AT THE HEART OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
PRINCE SULTAN, AFTER AN EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON: "THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIS MEETINGS WITH ARAFAT AND BARAK."
THE US ADMINISTRATION IS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND JUST SOLUTION IN LEBANON AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF EXCHANGING LAND FOR PEACE.
 
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE KUWAITI AL-SEYASSAH:
PRINCE NAIF: NO DISPUTES AMONGST THE SAUDI RULING FAMILY AND EXCHANGE OF POWER IS DONE ACCORDING TO INFINITE RECIPROCAL RESPECT AND HIGH MORAL.
THE RULES OF SHARIA DO NOT DISTINCT BETWEEN A PRINCE AND A COMMONER IN THE MATTER OF RIGHTS.
 
MINISTER HAIN DISCUSSES IN SAUDI ARABIA THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ AND PAKISTAN.
IRANIAN TALKS ABOUT AN AMERICAN "OFFER" FOR DIALOGUE DURING KHATAMIS VISIT TO FRANCE.
 
PRINCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT..AND GIFTS OF THE DESERT.
"THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT."
ONE OF A SERIES OF CONCERNS OF PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ.
EXHIBITION IN LONDON OF PAINTINGS DEPICTING IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONEMNT ENTITLED: "GIFTS OF THE DESERT".
 
REPETITION OF KIDNAPPING, BOMBING AND KILLING INCIDENTS URGES THE AUTHORITIES TO PLAN FOR STORMING THE HIDING PLACES OF THE WANTED.
FIGHTING RESUMES BETWEEN THE TRIBES IN THE REGION OF LAHAG.
 
IN BRIEF