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Arab News SAUDI ARABIA'S FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY Large Saudi team to attend Arar border post reopening By a Staff Writer Published on 29 October 2002 RIYADH, 29 October — A 101-member Saudi business delegation will witness on Thursday the reopening of Arar border post, which was closed 12 years ago in the wake of the Gulf war. The reopening is expected to boost trade between the two Arab neighbors. The Saudi delegation, representing 43 companies and including government officials, will be the first to cross the border after the reopening to attend a major trade fair in Baghdad. Organized by the Saudi Exports Center, the team will include Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Zamil, chairman of the center and a member of the Shoura Council, and Dr. Fahd Al-Sultan, secretary- general of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Iraq announced yesterday that it would reopen the border post later this week to allow goods into the country under the United Nations oil-for-food program. The move is one of several signs that Baghdad wants to improve its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh told a satellite TV channel that the crossing at Arar would open on Thursday after being closed since 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, triggering the Gulf war. "The crossing at Arar will be open on Thursday and a 100-strong Saudi delegation of businessmen and representatives of Saudi firms will cross into the country to attend the Baghdad fair," Saleh said. "The move will be a step toward upgrading trade ties between Iraq and Saudi Arabia," the minister added. According to Iraqi sources, 43 major Saudi firms plan to take part in a major international trade fair, which opens in Baghdad on Nov. 1. "Saudi Arabia’s exports, now sent indirectly through neighboring countries, will now go directly into Iraq when the crossing at Arar is reopened," Saleh said. The crossing , 340 km southwest of Baghdad, was a major conduit for goods in and out Iraq before the Gulf war. Saudi Arabia asked Iraq to reopen the crossing in October, 2000, and Baghdad gave its approval last June. Five years ago there was no trade between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, but trade is expected to reach $1 billion in 2002. Copyright © 2002 ArabNews All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
