King Fahd holds talks with Mandela

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz held talks yesterdays with South African President Nelson Mandela that tackled bilateral ties and the resumption of building a new mosque in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is to be inaugurated soon.

There are three-quarters of a million Muslims in South Africa.

Sources that participated in the meeting, said the two leaders tackled developments in the Middle East, the peace process, Israeli obstinacy toward implementing signed agreements and the deterioration of world petroleum prices.

The sources added that the discussion concluded with talks of bilateral ties between the two countries and the importance of improving these ties, as well as of focusing on commercial exchange between the two countries.