VOL. XXXIII

NO. 25

26-MARCH-1990

Saudi Arabia/Egypt

Saudi Arabia and Egypt to Form Committee on Proposed Bridge

Saudi Arabia and Egypt will form a joint committee to study plans to build a road bridge across the Egypt Gulf of 'Aqaba, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)reported on 14 March. In Saudi Arabia's first official confirmation of theproject, SPA quoted Foreign Minister Prince Sa'ud al-Faisal as saying that"the issue of the road which will link Egypt and the Kingdom (of SaudiArabia) has been...