December 3, 1999
INAUGURATING THE 20TH GCC SUMMIT IN RIYADH:
KING FAHD: WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES WITH OPEN MIND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT AND NOT BE AFFECTED.
WE SHOULD DEPEND ON GOD THE ALMIGHTY AND OUR OWN DEFENCE FORCE.
THERE WILL BE NO SECURITY IF WE DO NOT DEPEND ON GOD AND OURSELVES.
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ REITERATES THE IMPORTANCE OF OPENING THE DOOR TO GLOBALISATION.
THERE MUST BE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE APPARATUS OF THE GCC.
ISLAMIC SHARIA IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RULES HUMAN RIGHTS.
SAUDI WOMEN PLAY A GREAT ROLE, THEY ARE FIRST CLASS CITIZENS.
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 TALKS 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 "ALHAYAT": NO PROCRASTINATION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BORDERS WITH YEMEN.
PRINCE SULTAN: THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BUT ONLY TIES OF LOVE, BROTHERHOOD AND COOPERATION.
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE FINAL SESSION OF THE GCC SUMMIT IN RIYADH, PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL DECLARES:
THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE THE GCC ACCORDS TO THE ISLANDS ISSUE.
IRAQ MUST PROVE ITS GOOD INTENTIONS TOWARDS ITS NEIGHBOURS.
AT THE END OF GCC SUMMIT, THE "RIYADH DECLARATION":
HISTORY WILL NOT BE MADE BY SPECTATORS WHO STAND FARAWAY.
THE CHALLENGES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR A JOINT GULF ECONOMIC ENTITY.
THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE GCC SUMMIT:
CUSTOMS' UNION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES WILL COME INTO EFFECT IN 2005.
DIRECTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL TO THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM FOR DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UAE OVER THE ISSUE OF THE ISLANDS.
IN BRIEF
