January, 2001
Volume 18, Number 1

• GCC Summit Council Meets in Bahrain
• Kingdom Releases Balanced State Budget for 2001
• Saudi Leadership Congratulates President Elect-Bush
• Last Month in the Council of Ministers
• From the Kingdom .......
• King Faisal International Prize Winners
• Strong Economic Growth in 2000
• Press Headlines / Photos
• News Briefs
• Washington Notes

Saudi Arabia is published by the
Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC
Director: Adel Al-Jubeir
Managing Editor: Nader Tashakkori
Editors: Alice Umbarak, Nail Al-Jubeir, Rima Hassan
Some photographs courtesy of Saudi Press Agency (SPA)