Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 2/18/2002
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of February 18, 2002
- King Abdullah speaks on the telephone with Saudi defense minister Jordan-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/23/2002
- US discuss Saudi ideas on peace settlement with Israel
Asked that this would mean that all of the territories and all of the borders would go back to June 6th, 1967, Boucher said "That was the Saudi statement, yes." He added "We agree with our policy that we've always said, and that's (UN resolusions) 242, 338, Land-for-Peace Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 2/23/2002 - Fatah and the Saudi crown prince peace initiative with Israel
The central committee of the Palestinian national liberation movement Fatah has warned against the grave consequences implied in the initiative of the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz concerning finding a settlement for the Arab- Israeli conflict. Palestine-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/23/2002 - Al-Haj rituals completed smoothly
Muslim who are performing al-Haj rituals on Friday arrived from Mouna coming from Musdalifa where they had spent the night on Thursday evening as they completed the main part of their al-Haj process. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 2/23/2002 - Kuwait voices support for Saudi crown prince's initiative
The Kuwaiti first deputy for the prime minister and the foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad has announced his support for the initiative made by the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on "conditional" normalization with Israel. Kuwait-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/22/2002 - Rumsfeld: our existence in Saudi Arabia will be amended, but not shortly
The US defense secretary Doland Rumsfeld said on Wednesday that the American presence in Saudi Arabia will be re-arranged certainly in future but this will not be made shortly. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 2/21/2002 - Morocco Welcomes Saudi Crown Prince's Initiative on Middle East
Morocco on Thursday welcomed recent statements by Saudi Arabia's crown prince Abdallah Ibn Abdelaziz, on the Middle East conflict. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/21/2002 - Cairo welcomes statements made by Saudi crown prince over ME issue
Egypt has welcomed statements made by the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz in which he stressed continued Israeli occupation of the Arab territories obstructs the possibility of normalizing his country's relations with Israel. Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/21/2002 - Arafat welcomes statements by Saudi crown prince on Israeli- Arab solution
For the first time Saudi Arabia has talked about normalization of relations with Israel, but in the context of a settlement in the Middle East based on UN resolutions. Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 2/20/2002 - Saudi Arabia: Our curricula does not provoke terrorism
The Saudi minister of al-Awqaf ( Islamic Trust) Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh has condemned the "repressive writings" which held the educational system in Saudi Arabia responsible for the emergence of "terrorist" groups, considering this phenomenon resulting from "wrong understanding of certain texts and for the feelings of Muslims, especially in Palestine." Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/20/2002 - Saudi Arabia got no official request from Afghani governments on wanted persons
The Saudi minister of the interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz has renewed his assertion that the Saudi authorities until Monday afternoon did not get any official request from the Afghani government over handing over persons wanted in the case of killing the Afghani minister of civil aviation. Saudi Arabia-Afghanistan, Politics, 2/20/2002 - Muslim pilgrims today head for Mouna and then to Arafat mountain Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Culture, 2/20/2002
- Saudi Mufti calls for unifying Arab ranks
The general Mufti in Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah on Monday called on the Arab and Islamic states to unify their world and position to withstand the heavy events and conditions imposed on the Arab and Islamic nations. Saudi Arabia-Regional, Politics, 2/19/2002 - Saudi embassy in Kabul re-opened
The Saudi embassy in Kabul on Monday re-opened its embassy in Kabul following five months of closure following the attacks which targeted the US in September, 2001. Saudi Arabia-Afghanistan, Politics, 2/19/2002 - Saudi Arabia to reopen its embassy in Kabul
The Saudi daily Okaz issued on Sunday said that an official Saudi delegation will have headed on Sunday for Kabul to reopen the Saudi embassy there. Saudi Arabia-Afghanistan, Politics, 2/18/2002