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News stories of note:
07/03/2008
Ambassador discusses US investment opportunities in Kingdom with BCCB
Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel Al-Jubeir today addressed the non-partisan Business Coalition for Capacity Building Ambassadors’ Luncheon Series today.  Ambassador Al-Jubeir’s...   

07/01/2008
King Abdullah: Saudi Arabia not responsible for high oil prices
In an interview with the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz reiterated that Saudi Arabia is not responsible for the current high oil prices.

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07/01/2008
King Abdullah meets with CENTCOM chief
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz met with Chief of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Gen. David Petraeus in Jeddah yesterday.
During the meeting, King...   

 

2008 News stories:
07/03/2008 Ambassador discusses US investment opportunities in Kingdom with BCCB
07/01/2008 King Abdullah: Saudi Arabia not responsible for high oil prices
07/01/2008 Saudi Ambassador meets with Joe Kennedy
07/01/2008 King Abdullah meets with CENTCOM chief
06/30/2008 Cabinet highlights the King’s vision for domestic and foreign policy
06/30/2008 King Abdullah meets with Sen. John Kerry
06/30/2008 Saudi Arabia marks third anniversary of King Abdullah’s reign
06/29/2008 Shura Council lauds Saudi security efforts
06/29/2008 Finance Minister meets with Sen. John Kerry
06/27/2008 King Abdullah discusses regional issues with Egyptian president
06/25/2008 Saudi authorities arrest more than 700 suspected militants
06/24/2008 World Bank to work with Saudi Arabia on energy initiative
06/23/2008 Cabinet welcomes results of the Jeddah energy summit
06/23/2008 Al-Ghamdi appointed Secretary-General of the Shura Council
06/23/2008 Kingdom sets up relief camp for quake victims in China
06/22/2008 Jeddah oil summit concludes
06/22/2008 King Abdullah: Saudi Arabia to increase oil production
06/21/2008 Saudi leadership meets with Chinese vice president
06/21/2008 Energy ministers begin arriving for Jeddah summit
06/21/2008 Shura Council delegation meets with Speaker Pelosi
06/20/2008 Saudi Foreign Aid 1973 – 2007 (in US dollars*)
06/20/2008 Saudi Arabia gears up for Jeddah oil summit
06/19/2008 Interior Minister: Authorities close to uncovering terror financiers
06/19/2008 OIC foreign ministers begin 35th meeting in Uganda
06/18/2008 Ambassador Al-Jubeir meets with Shura Council delegation
06/17/2008 Saudi Ambassador hosts luncheon for Shura Council delegation
06/17/2008 Saudi Ambassador attends UN Convention on Law of the Sea meeting
06/17/2008 Ambassador Al-Jubeir meets with UN Ambassador Khalilzad
06/17/2008 Vaccinations required for pilgrimage visas
06/16/2008 Cabinet welcomes international response to Jeddah oil summit
06/16/2008 Shura Council delegation pays visit to Washington
06/15/2008 King Abdullah discusses key regional issues with Jordanian ruler
06/14/2008 King Abdullah meets with UN Secretary-General
06/14/2008 Saudi Arabia provides relief aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
06/13/2008 King Abdullah to attend Jeddah oil summit
06/13/2008 Kingdom donates relief aid to Afghanistan
06/13/2008 Islamic Saudi Academy refutes US Commission on International Religious Freedom report
06/12/2008 IEA welcomes Saudi meeting on oil prices
06/11/2008 Projects worth $34.6 billion launched at the King Abdullah Economic City
06/10/2008 Crown Prince Sultan meets with CIA Director Hayden
06/10/2008 Embassy sponsors blood drive for World Blood Donation Day
06/09/2008 Kingdom calls for meeting to address rising oil prices
06/09/2008 King Abdullah meets with White House Homeland Security adviser
06/09/2008 Saudi Arabia and Spain issue joint communiqué
06/09/2008 Kingdom extends urgent aid to drought-stricken Djibouti
06/09/2008 First graduates of Saudi scholarship program recognized in Washington
06/08/2008 King Abdullah meets with Pakistan’s prime minister
06/08/2008 Crown Prince: Arab countries can solve internal disputes
06/08/2008 King Abdullah meets with Palestinian Authority president
06/04/2008 King Abdullah opens International Islamic Dialogue Conference in Makkah
06/03/2008 King Abdullah meets with acting CENTCOM chief
06/02/2008 Cabinet reviews developments in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq
06/02/2008 Islamic Development Bank meeting begins in Jeddah
06/02/2008 King Abdullah meets with French defense minister
06/02/2008 Saudi Embassy hosts reception for Woodrow Wilson Center
06/01/2008 Shura Council approves judicial cooperation agreement with Yemen
06/01/2008 King Abdullah discusses regional issues with Egyptian president
05/31/2008 King Abdullah, Treasury Secretary discuss economic cooperation
05/31/2008 Finance Minister: Riyal to remain pegged to the US dollar
05/31/2008 Saudi relief airlift to Myanmar concludes
05/31/2008 King Abdullah meets with Qatari prime minister
05/30/2008 US Treasury Secretary arrives in Saudi Arabia
05/30/2008 Fourth Saudi relief plane lands in Myanmar
05/29/2008 SEC awards GE Energy $500 million contracts for projects in the Kingdom
05/29/2008 Saudi airlift continues to deliver relief supplies to Myanmar
05/28/2008 Saudi Ambassador: Aid to China given out of friendship, humanitarian concern
05/28/2008 King Abdullah appoints Al-Othaimeen as Minister of Social Affairs
05/28/2008 Riyadh Governor meets with US congressional delegation
05/28/2008 King Abdullah holds talks with King Juan Carlos of Spain
05/28/2008 Second Saudi relief plane dispatched to Myanmar
05/27/2008 Ambassador Al-Jubeir chairs regional meeting of Saudi heads of mission
05/27/2008 Ambassador Al-Jubeir, Gen. Petraeus discuss regional issues
05/26/2008 Cabinet welcomes election of Lebanese president
05/26/2008 Foreign Minister: Doha Agreement to lead to a stable, prosperous Lebanon
05/25/2008 Foreign Minister in Beirut for presidential election
05/25/2008 Shura Council approves agreements with France, UK, Turkey
05/25/2008 Saudi Arabia airlifts relief supplies into Myanmar
05/24/2008 King Abdullah launches education projects in Dammam, Dhahran
05/24/2008 Fourth plane in Saudi airlift arrives in China’s quake-stricken Sichuan Province
05/24/2008 King Abdullah promotes Gen. Al-Hussain to Commander of Air Defense Forces
05/23/2008 Saudi Arabia donates $500 million to the World Food Program
05/23/2008 King Abdullah launches 29 industrial, development projects in Jubail
05/22/2008 Al-Zuman becomes first Saudi to climb Mt. Everest
05/22/2008 Anti-smoking campaign to begin June 1
05/21/2008 Kingdom airlifts relief supplies, donates $50 million to China
05/21/2008 Saudi Arabia welcomes Lebanese agreement
05/20/2008 GCC leaders emphasize commitment to Arab Peace Initiative
05/20/2008 King Abdullah opens Saudi Aramco’s 75th anniversary celebrations
05/19/2008 Cabinet: Kingdom’s oil production sufficient to meet market needs
05/18/2008 King Abdullah meets with Japanese official
05/18/2008 AGFUND to establish bank for the impoverished in Sierra Leone
05/18/2008 Shura Council dicusses agreements with Yemen, Turkey and the UK
05/17/2008 Foreign Minister highlights Palestinians’ legitimate rights, Saudi-US relations
05/17/2008 Oil Minister: Kingdom to boost production in June
05/17/2008 Saudi Aramco confirms new Jubail, Yanbu refinery projects
05/17/2008 President Bush concludes visit to Saudi Arabia
05/16/2008 President Bush pays official visit to Saudi Arabia
05/16/2008 King Abdullah, President Bush hold second round of talks on Mideast peace
05/15/2008 President Bush to visit Saudi Arabia tomorrow
05/15/2008 New statistics released on premarital medical tests
05/15/2008 Oil Minister meets with South Korean president
05/15/2008 King Abdullah invites former Iranian president to Makkah dialogue conference
05/14/2008 King Abdullah condoles Chinese president on deadly earthquake
05/14/2008 Interior Minister calls for greater GCC security cooperation
05/14/2008 Justice Minister highlights Kingdom’s support for the Palestinians
05/14/2008 King Abdullah meets with US ambassador
05/13/2008 Saudi Arabia donates school supplies to Pakistani children
05/13/2008 GCC expresses support for Sudan
05/13/2008 Foreign Minister urges Lebanese to commit to Arab League initiative
05/13/2008 King Abdullah lays foundation for new health sciences university in Riyadh
05/12/2008 Maldives opens embassy in Riyadh
05/12/2008 Prince Nayef Arab Academy signs MoU with Johns Hopkins University
05/12/2008 Cabinet condemns violence in Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen
05/11/2008 King Abdullah meets with Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair
05/11/2008 Arab League foreign ministers hold urgent meeting on Lebanon, Sudan
05/11/2008 Shura Council expresses concern at crisis in Lebanon
05/10/2008 Muslim World League condemns violence in Lebanon
05/10/2008 Minister of Islamic Affairs urges imams to tackle terror, extremism
05/10/2008 King Abdullah condoles Myanmar leadership on deadly cyclone
05/10/2008 Foreign Minister meets with Sudanese, Maldivian officials
05/10/2008 AGFUND donates $50,000 to Myanmar relief efforts
05/09/2008 Term renewed for Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs
05/09/2008 Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Lebanon May 11
05/09/2008 Saudi Ambassador: All Saudi citizens in Lebanon are unharmed
05/09/2008 King Abdullah discusses Middle East issues with Jordanian king
05/09/2008 Evacuation of Saudi citizens in Lebanon underway
05/08/2008 Saudi scholar urges teachers to warn students against traveling to Iraq
05/08/2008 Saudi Arabia warns against escalation of violence in Lebanon
05/08/2008 Kingdom to build major dockyard at the Islamic Port of Jeddah
05/08/2008 Term renewed for deputy governor of the Eastern Province
05/08/2008 Saudi Arabia calls for urgent Arab League meeting on Lebanon
05/07/2008 King Abdullah discusses regional issues with Yemeni president
05/07/2008 Saudi-Egyptian Joint Committee meets in Riyadh
05/06/2008 King Abdullah meets with former US Ambassador Oberwetter
05/06/2008 GCC Joint Defense Council discusses Peninsula Shield expansion
05/06/2008 Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference begins in Riyadh
05/06/2008 King Abdullah confers with presidents of Egypt, Turkey
05/05/2008 Cabinet calls for international action on Palestine
05/05/2008 Shura Council approves agreements with the UK, Finland and Poland
05/05/2008 US defense giant Northrop Grumman to open Riyadh office
05/05/2008 Terms extended for rectors of Al-Qassim, Taif and Taybah universities
05/04/2008 Saudi leadership condoles Chinese president on fatal train collision
05/04/2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs to require electronic powers of attorney for visas
05/04/2008 Saudi Ambassador attends annual Saudi student board meeting
05/03/2008 King Abdullah honored by the Arab Red Crescent and Cross Societies
05/03/2008 Prince Nayef Arab Academy holds workshop on combating human trafficking
05/02/2008 Foreign Minister addresses Quartet committee meeting in London
05/01/2008 Saudi Ambassador hosts farewell tea for US official
04/30/2008 King Abdullah, World Bank president discuss Arab development
04/30/2008 King Abdullah meets with Palestinian president
04/29/2008 President Bush to visit Saudi Arabia in May
04/29/2008 Translation award winners honored in Riyadh
04/29/2008 Saudi leadership condoles Moroccan king on deadly Casablanca fire
04/28/2008 World-class applied media institute opened in Riyadh
04/28/2008 King Abdullah, Prince Saud meet with Norwegian foreign minister
04/28/2008 Cabinet condemns assassination attempt on Karzai
04/28/2008 Iraqi National Security Adviser praises “ideal” Saudi counterterrorism cooperation
04/27/2008 King Abdullah meets with president of Eritrea
04/27/2008 Saudi Arabia donates foodstuffs to refugees in Cameroon
04/27/2008 Saudi antiquities to be exhibited at the Louvre in 2010
04/27/2008 Shura Council approves vocational training agreements with Italy, the UK
04/27/2008 Norwegian foreign minister arrives in Riyadh
04/26/2008 King Abdullah highlights the importance of dialogue
04/26/2008 Foreign Minister meets with the US envoy to the OIC
04/25/2008 Two new museums to be established in Makkah and Madinah
04/25/2008 King Abdullah congratulates Italian prime minister-elect
04/24/2008 Foreign Minister, British Foreign Secretary discuss key regional issues
04/24/2008 Anti-smoking campaign kicks off in Jeddah
04/23/2008 Prince Saud meets with EU Middle East peace process envoy
04/23/2008 Seventh National Dialogue Forum on employment begins in Buraydah
04/23/2008 JCCI Environmental Forum 2008 underway in Jeddah
04/23/2008 King Abdullah meets with British foreign secretary, Bahraini premier
04/22/2008 Foreign Minister addresses meeting of Iraq’s neighboring countries
04/22/2008 King Abdullah receives messages from leaders of Yemen, Qatar
04/21/2008 Shura Council briefed on Kingdom’s agriculture policy
04/21/2008 Foreign Minister arrives in Kuwait for mee