June 16, 2000
KING FAHD: THE VISIT OF THE YEMENI PRESIDENT CONSTITUTES FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF THE DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS BINDING THE TWO COUNTRIES.
THE SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS PRAISES THE LATE PRESIDENT ASSAD'S EFFORTS IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY AND THE ARAB NATION.
KING FAHD AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE SAUDI SHOURA COUNCIL'S SECOND ROUND:
THE STATE PROTECTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ISLAMIC SHARIAH. WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, OUR DOORS ARE OPEN AND OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS INVARIABLY JUST.
WE ARE FOR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING BUT AGAINST TYRANNY AND DOMINANCE OF ONE CULTURE OVER OTHERS.
ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL MOURNING FOR THE LOSS OF THE LATE SYRIAN PRESIDENT.
HAFEZ AL ASSAD PASSES AWAY AND BASHAR LEADS SYRIA.
KING FAHD, THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE SECOND DEPUTY OFFER THEIR CONDOLENCES AND CONFIRM SAUDI ARABIA'S STAND BY THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE OF SYRIA.
THE WORLD LEADERS PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNERAL OF AL ASSAD.
SAUDI ARABIA AND YEMEN SIGN A TREATY FOR FINAL BORDER DEMARCATIONS.
THE YEMENI PRESIDENT: WE ACHIEVED A BROTHERLY AND PEACEFUL SOLUTION THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS IN BOTH COUNTRIES WILL COOPERATE TO PRESERVE.
THE INAUGURATION OF A NON-GOVERNEMTAL COLLEGE FOR GIRLS IN JEDDAH.
THE EMIR OF MAKKAH AL MUKARRAMA: THE COLLEGE FOLLOWS THE RULES OF GOVERNMENTAL HIGHER EDUCATION WHICH AIMS ARE TO BUILD THE CITIZENS AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: PRESIDENT ASSAD WAS A STATESMAN WHO LEAD HIS COUNTRY TOWARDS WELFARE.
WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY PRESSURE AND WILL NOT NORMALIZE TIES WITH ISRAEL UNTIL ALL ARAB RIGHTS ARE REGAINED.
AFTER ATTENDING PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL ASSAD'S FUNERALS;
PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL:
SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS THE SYRIAN POSITION.
THE KINGDOM IS READY TO ATTEND AN ARAB SUMMIT AT THE TIME AND PLACE AGREED UPON BY ALL ARABS.
IN A REVIEW ON "SAUDI ARABIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS" THE ROYAL EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:
THE SHARIAH TO WHICH MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE ADHERE HAS ALWAYS MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DIGNITY IS ENSHRINED IN THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA.
IN A MEMORANDUM ADDRESSED TO KOFI ANNAN, THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT OPPOSES "THE UN WITHDRAWAL LINE."
LAHOUD: "IT IS NOT THE UN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DENY THE EXIXTENCE OF INTERNATIONALLY RECONGNISED BORDERS."
