External relations of Saudi Arabia

This file concerns the external relations of Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence on:

• Saudi policy at the UN, including the role of the Saudi Permanent Representative Jamil Baroody
• A record of the 2301st meeting of the UN General Assembly, containing discussions on the draft resolutions on the 'restoration of the lawful rights of the royal government of the National Union of Cambodia', to which Saudi Arabia submitted amendments
• A visit by a delegation of ulema to the Council of Europe, during which controversy was caused by the distribution by the delegation of a booklet on human rights in Islam
• The visit of the Lebanese Defence Minister
• The visit of the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Saudi policy towards the Palestine question
• The visit of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Talks in Jedda [Jeddah] between delegations from the government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
• A visit by the President of the Saudi Central Planning Organisation to Tunisia to discuss aid for development projects in Tunisia
• Plans for the construction of an ammonium plant in Saudi Arabia as a joint Taiwan-Saudi venture
• The visit of the Vice President of Mali
• The signing of an agreement for economic and technical cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia
• Plans for the Netherlands Foreign Minister to visit Saudi Arabia
• The visit of the New Zealand Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Reports of a secret visit to South Africa by a Saudi delegation
• The visit of the Secretary General of the Arab League
• A visit by Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi
• The establishment of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, of which Saudi Arabia is to be the major shareholder
• An invitation for Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to visit Iran
• Relations between Saudi Arabia and Australia
• The death of a New Zealand subject working for the British Council in Riyadh
• An article by Faris Glubb in Middle East International on the growing strength and influence of Saudi Arabia
• The conclusion of an economic and technical agreement with Finland
• The visit of the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Yasser Arafat
• Saudi relations with Algeria
• Comments by Prince Fahd on Saudi relations with Egypt and the Gulf States
• The visit of President Hafez Al Assad of Syria
• The visit of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.