January 28, 2000
EDITORIAL:
"A POINT OF DISCUSSION."
BY ABDULLAH AL JAFRY
CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES: WE WILL STAND BY SYRIA SO THAT IT COULD GAIN ALL ITS RIGHTS AND REACH A COMPREHENSIVE AND JUST PEACE SETTLEMENT.
KING FAHD CALLS UPON OFFICIALS TO MAKE USE OF THE OCCASION OF SELECTING RIYADH AS THE ARAB CULTURAL CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR 2000 TO HIGHLIGHT SAUDI ARABIA'S CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
A MESSAGE TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES FROM PRESIDENT ALY ABDULLAH SALEH.
FOREIGN MINISTER OF YEMEN: THE MESSAGE INCLUDES THE NEW PROGRAMME FOR RENEWING BORDERS DEMARCATIONS.
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, PRAISES THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING FAHD IBN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD AND CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN MOBILIZING THE COUNTRY'S POTENTIALS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE CITIZENS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY.
LAUNCHING THE ACTIVITIES OF "RIYADH CAPITAL OF ARAB CULTURE."
PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ URGES ALL SECTORS TO GIVE THE OCCASION THE INTEREST AND SUPPORT IT DESERVES.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL GATHERING IN JEDDAH TO DISCUSS THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION AND WORLD TRADE IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM.
PRINCE ABDUL MAJEED: WE WILL SEEK TO MAKE THE FORUM A YEARLY EVENT.
GEORGE BUSH: THE AMERICAN INVESTMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA WILL RISE.
JOHN MAJOR: I URGE THE GULF COUNTRIES TO ADOPT MORE PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMMES.
FOLLOWING BARAK'S REFUSAL OF SYRIAN DEMAND FOR AN ISRAELI WRITTEN PLEDGE TO WITHDRAW TO THE 1967 BORDERS:
STEPS TO UNIFY ARAB SUPPORT TO SYRIA IN THE FACE OF THE ISRAELI MANOEUVERS.
SAUDI ARABIA CONFIRMS ITS SUPPORT TO SYRIA AND EGYPT AND JORDAN BACK THE LEGITIMATE RESOLUTIONS AND MADRID'S PRINCIPLES.
RUSSIAN FORCES FACE FIERCE RESISTANCE IN THE CHECHEN CAPITAL GROZNY.
RUSSIA IS ACCUSED OF SYSTEMATICALLY CONCEALING THE TRUE LEVEL OF ITS CASUALTIES, THOUGH OFFICIAL STATEMENTS SHOW THAT MORE THAN 1000 SERVICEMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THE EUROPEAN UNION SUSPENDS $ 90 MILLION OF ITS ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA AND DIVERTS THEM TO SUPPORT CHECHEN REFUGEES.
ANN CLWYD, BRITISH MP AND CHAIRMAN OF "INDICT": "WE HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT SADDAM HUSSAIN IN A WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL."
IN BRIEF
