March 31, 2000

			IN A TWO WEEK TOUR DURING WHICH HE OPENED THE MOSQUE OF KING FAHD IN NAJRAN: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE BORDER ISSUE WITH YEMEN IS GOING AHEAD ON THE RIGHT TRACK. PRINCE SULTAN INAUGURATES A NUMBER OF MILITARY AND MEDICAL PROJECTS AND ASKS TO NAME KHARKHIR AIRPORT "THE AIRPORT OF PEACE AND LOVE."   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: KING FAHD'S ERA IS AN ERA OF BUILDING AND EXPANSION, AND THE CROWN PRINCE IS A SUPPORT TO HIS BROTHERS FROM THE DAYS OF KING SAUD. THE US DOES NOT EXERT ANY PRESSURE ON SAUDI ARABIA TO RAISE OIL SUPPLIES. PRINCE SULTAN LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR KING ABDUL AZIZ CIVILIZATION CENTER AND A GRAND AUDITORIUM IN BAHA.   PRINCE SULTAN IN A STATEMENT TO THE EGYPTIAN TELEVISION: THE EXISTING SAUDI-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS ARE CLOSE, DISTINGUISHED AND AT THEIR PEAK. THE KINGDOM IS WITH THE ARAB CONSENSUS AND SUPPORTS ANY ARAB GATHERING.   OPEC MINISTERS AGREE TO RAISE PRODUCTION BY 1.452 MILLION BARRELS A DAY AFTER IRAN BROKE RANKS WITH THE REMAINING EXPORTERS. Al NAIMI: THE ORGANIZATION MAY RAISE OR REDUCE SUPPLY WHENEVER SUCH A STEP IS NECESSARY. SAUDI ARABIA AFFIRMS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING BALANCE IN THE MARKET, STABILITY OF SUPPLIES AND PRICES AT REASONABLE LEVELS.   THE ANNUAL REPORT OF KING FAHD UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IS FILLED WITH ACHIEVEMENTS. 49 RESEARCH COVER MOST OF THE ECONOMIC FIELDS IN SAUDI ARABIA.   DESPITE MANY SIGNS OF FAILURE: PRESIDENT CLINTON DECLARES THAT HE IS WAITING FOR A SYRIAN RESOLUTION REGARDING THE NEXT STEP. INFORMATION FROM FRENCH SOURCES ON SYRIA'S REFUSAL FOR ARBITRATION.   MOSQUES' PREACHERS CONDEMN THE ISRAELIS VISIT TO YEMEN AND URGES THE STATE TO CALL THE RESPONSIBLES INTO ACCOUNT. THE HEAD OF THE ISRAELI DELEGATION SAYS HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THE MEETING WITH AL IRIANI WOULD BE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.   THE US ACCUSES THE IRAQI REGIME OF BUILDING PALACES INSTEAD OF SCHOOLS AND BUYING ARMS AND LUXURY GOODS INSTEAD OF RELIEFING THE SUFFERING OF ITS PEOPLE.   IN BRIEF