Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 10/21/2002
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of October 21, 2002
- Iraqi trade minister Ar'ar crossing to open in few days
The Iraqi trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh has stressed that his country will very shortly open Ar'ar crossing at the Saudi Arabian borders for the movement of goods coming from Saudi Arabia. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/26/2002 - Yemen denies chasing al-Qaida members on the Saudi borders
A Yemeni source has denied news on that American planes carried out sorties and research operations for members of al- Qaida organization in the Yemeni- Saudi borders area. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/26/2002 - Al-Faisal denies differences with Washington: Our relations are transparent
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal yesterday denied the existence of any differences with the US at a time when foreign diplomats and analysts in the region stress that Saudi- American relations have been exposed to great pressures, but what the two countries are linked by interests that are much greater to allow a split by temporary differences. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 10/25/2002 - Syrian- Saudi joint committee meet Saturday; economic progress expected
Meetings of the Syrian- Saudi Arabian preliminary committee started in Riyadh on Wednesday. This will be in preparation for the meetings of the two states' joint committee to be held in Riyadh on Saturday under the chairmanship of the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 10/25/2002 - French defense minister in Saudi Arabia to finalize an arms deals
Saudi Arabia had placed conditions for completing this deal, including the investment of 30 % of its value to technology transfer and advanced industries to Saudi Arabia, in implementation of the economic balance project applied by Riyadh on its purchase of arms since the 1980s. Saudi Arabia-France, Military, 10/25/2002 - Saud al-Faisal rules out a war against Iraq: Israel poisons the Arab public opinion against the US
The Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal has ruled out yesterday that the US will launch a war against Iraq. He, on the other hand, stressed that Washington's silence towards the Israeli military campaign against the Palestinians poisons the Arab position towards the USA. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 10/24/2002 - Riyadh denies American jets to have chased al-Qaida members
A high ranking Saudi source yesterday denied what was stated by the New York Times on that American jets has searched in the Empty Quarter in the Saudi desert for al-Qaida organization members. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 10/24/2002 - French defense minister to visit Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-France, Politics, 10/24/2002
- Sultan: we did not sever relations with Baghdad
The Saudi defense minister prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz said yesterday that Saudi Arabia has not severed its relations with Iraq. He indicated that " they ( he Iraqis) were the ones who severed relations with us since 1991 following their invasion of Kuwait." Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 10/23/2002 - Malaysia's prime minister concludes visit to Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-Malaysia, Politics, 10/22/2002
- Al-Faisal, Bin Yahya discuss bilateral relations Saudi Arabia-Tunisia, Politics, 10/21/2002
- Saudi- pakistani oil meetings Saudi Arabia-Pakistan, Politics, 10/21/2002
- Al-Nu'eimi discusses oil cooperation relations with Belgian crown prince
Saudi Arabia's minister of oil and mineral resources Ali al-Nu'eimi discussed with the Belgian's crown prince Philip prospects of oil and mineral cooperation between the two countries. Saudi Arabia-Belgium, Politics, 10/21/2002 - Calls to heed religious peculiarities in human rights
Muslim experts meeting in Rabat took part of an international seminar on "Human Rights in Islam" called for heeding religious and cultural peculiarities in handling human rights-related issues. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 10/21/2002