April 14, 2000
EDITORIAL:
VICIOUS REPORTS AND TARGETS.
KING FAHD STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF RENDERING FAST SERVICES TO CITIZENS AND SIMPLIFYING THINGS FOR THEM.
THE SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ENDORSES THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT BILL AND DECIDES TO BEAR 15 % OF TAXES ON FOREIGN COMPANIES.
AFTER HIS COMPREHENSIVE TALKS WITH US DEFENCE SECRETARY,
PRINCE SULTAN: AMERICAN FORCES ARE IN SAUDI ARABIA
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS GOALS.
ISLAMIC SHARIA IS THE GREATEST THING THAT PRESERVES
HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE DECISION OF THE GCC CONCERNING THE EARLY WARNING
SYSTEM WILL BE HONORED.
BRITAIN'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE: NO DELAY
IN AL YAMAMAH PROJECT PAYMENTS.
PRINCE SALMAN: THE TALKS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS FOCUSED ON THE PEACE INITIATIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND BILATERAL COOPERATION.
THE EMIR OF RIYADH REGION OPENS THE NEW BUILDING OF THE SAUDI EMBASSY AND HOLDS TALKS WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE SPEAKERS OF BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
DURING A MEETING HELD IN JEDDAH:
GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL UPON:
* IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT UN RESOLUTIONS.
* ISRAEL TO END ITS OBSTINACY.
* IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE.
PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL: WE ARE NOT MEDIATORS
BUT SUPPORTERS OF SYRIA.
THE TWO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEES WERE SET UP
WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE PRESSURE.
SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES, THE FORMATION OF TWO BODIES,
ONE INDEPENDENT AND THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION.
RIYADH EXPRESSES ITS CONCERN OVER THE FACT THAT
SOME PEOPLE FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULARITIES
THAT CHARACTERIZE THE ISLAMIC SOCIETIES.
INTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL ENDEAVOURS TO GUARD
LEBANON FROM THE DANGERS OF THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL.
THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT ASKS KOFI ANNAN ABOUT
THE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND COMPENSATION FOR LEBANON
FOR THE DISASTERS IT ENDURED.
MORE ISRAELI DELEGATIONS VISIT YEMEN.
THE SPEAKER OF THE YEMENI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONDEMNS THE VISITS AND TRANSFERS THE ISSUE TO THE PARLIAMENT.
THE REFORM PARTY AND THE OPPOSITION COORDINATION COUNCIL
CALL FOR AN END OF NORMALIZATION WITH ISRAEL.
IN A TOUR INCLUDING THE ARAB PALESTINIAN LANDS AND ISRAEL PETER HAIN MP, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
I AM ABSOLUTELY COONFIDENT THAT AGREEMENTS CAN BE REACHED IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE QUESTIONS OF JERUSALEM, REFUGEES AND LAND CANNOT BE POSTPONED.
IN BRIEF
