March/April, 2002

Volume 19 Number 2

The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia,

Washington, DC

• Crown Prince Abdullah and President Bush Meet in Texas

• Arab Summit Endorses Crown Prince Abdullah’s Mideast Peace Initiative

• Crown Prince Abdullah's meeting with President Bush warm and positive

• Minister of foreign affairs clears issues and refutes media allegations

• Crown Prince Abdullah Presents President Bush with 8-Point Mideast Peace Proposal

• Beirut Declaration: normalization of relations with Israel in return for withdrawal from occupied lands

• Crown Prince Abdullah addresses League of Arab States Summit in Beirut

• Recent meetings of the Council of Ministers

• GCC foreign ministers, UN Security Council express support for Saudi peace initiative

• U.S. treasury and commerce delegations visit Saudi Arabia

• Riyadh Symposium Calls for Forum to Promote Understanding Between Muslims and the West

• ECONOMIC NEWS ..... 

• FROM THE KINGDOM .....

• FROM THE PRESS, EDITORIAL HIGHLIGHTS, and photos

• VIP VISITS, NEWS BRIEFS, and Washington Notes

Saudi Arabia is published by the

Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC

Director: Ambassador Gaafar Allagany

Managing Editor: Nader Tashakkori

Editors: Alice Umbarak, Nail Al-Jubeir, Rima Hassan

Some photographs courtesy of Saudi Press Agency (SPA)