November 26, 1999
       
 
       
CHAIRING THE WEEKLY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS:
KING FAHD WELCOMES GCC LEADERS TO RIYADH SUMMIT.
GCC'S ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE STRENGTHENED THE POSITION AND WEIGHT OF THE MEMBER STATES.
 
JUST PEACE CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN THE ARABS BECOME STRONG.
THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA PREPARES AN ECONOMIC PLAN FOR CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES FOR THE INTEREST OF EVERYBODY.
 
SHEIKH ZAYED AND PRINCE SULTAN DISCUSS WAYS OF STRENGTHENING THE GCC.
PRINCE SULTAN PRAISES THE FEDERAL EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
 
PRINCE SULTAN: IT IS NOT IN OUR INTEREST TO SPECULATE ABOUT IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE AL-KHOBAR BOMBING; WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SECRET INFORMATION FROM WASHINGTON.
PRINCE SULTAN TALKS TO ASHARQ AL-AWSAT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS IN THE US AND FRANCE; THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO AL-KHOBAR BOMBING; OSAMA BIN LADEN; BORDER ISSUES WITH YEMEN AND PRIVATISATION.
IT IS NOT TRUE THAT PAKISTAN SHOWED US ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS.
THE ISSUE OF THE IRAQI REGIME IS AN INTERNAL MATTER WHICH CONCERNS ONLY THE IRAQI PEOPLE.
PRIVATISATION IS A MEANS AND NOT AN END THEREFORE WE INTEND TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR IT.
THE HANDOVER OF AL-SAYEGH WAS A SIGN OF TRUST IN THE PROBITY OF SAUDI JUSTICE.
 
CONFIRMING THAT CHANGE IN IRAQ IS AN INTERNAL MATTER:
PRINCE SULTAN TO "AL-HAYAT": NO PROCRASTINATION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BORDERS WITH YEMEN.
 
AT THE END OF PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE US AND FRANCE:
STRENGTHENING THE EFFORTS TO PUSH FORWARD THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
URGING IRAQ TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. WASHINGTON AND FRANCE SUPPORT SAUDI ARABIA'S ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION.
 
SAUDI ARABIA EMPHASISES ITS REJECTION OF EXCLUDING JERUSALEM FROM THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL: WE STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE MIDDLE EAST A ZONE FREE FROM WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
 
SAUDI ARABIA, MEXICO AND VENEZUELA REITERATE THEIR COUNTRIES' COMMITMENT TO THE AGREED PRODUCTION CUTS.
EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT OIL PRODUCERS WILL ABIDE BY QUOTAS.
 
SYMPOSIUM IN LONDON ON: "KING ABDUL AZIZ: MILITARY STRATEGIST AND STATE BUILDER"
PARTICIPANTS FOCUS ON THE STRONG LEGACY OF THE FOUNDER KING AND HIS STATE WHICH IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS HERITAGE, CULTURE AND WELL BEING.
THE FOUNDER OF THE MODERN KINGDOM COMIBNED PRAGMATISM WITH IDEALISM AND A COMMITMENT TO THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM AND ARABISM.
 
IN BRIEF