Relations between Saudi Arabia and European countries

This file concerns Saudi Arabia's relations with European countries especially the Soviet Union. It contains reports and correspondence on:

• Soviet interest in the Gulf region, including its formal relations with Oman and other Gulf States; the views of Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and other Saudi officials, and of Iraq’s Ambassador Zuhair Mohammad Alomar
• Saudi-Soviet relations and whether formal diplomatic relations will be established
• The significance of a visit to Moscow by youth welfare official Faisal Bin Fahd
• A congratulatory message to the new Soviet President Andrei Gromyko
• A meeting between Crown Prince Abdulla Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and a Yugoslav delegation at the 15th anniversary celebrations in Oman
• An article by Mohammad Al Wazzan concerning signs of change in the Soviet Union indicated by Mikahil Gorbachev’s appointment
• Saudi-Chinese relations, and a meeting between Crown Prince Abdulla and Chinese Vice President Yadin Lin.

The file also contains correspondence on:

• A visit by the Director-General for Industrial Security Prince Abdulla Bin Faisal Bin Turki to Bonn
• Visits by West German finance minister Hans Stoltenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister Johannes Rau, and Foreign Minister Jürgen Möllemann to Riyadh
• A visit by Crown Prince Abdulla to Austria, and talks with the Chancellor Fred Sinowatz
• Visits by the French and Belgian Foreign Ministers Roland Dumas and Leo Tindemans to Saudi Arabia
• The appointment of Pierre de Muelenaere as Belgian Ambassador to Riyadh
• A visit by European Commissioner Claude Cheysson to Riyadh
• Industrial links between the European Economic Community (EEC) and Saudi Arabia, including in petrochemicals.