VOL. XLV

No 44

4-November-2002

IRAQ/SAUDI ARABIA

Iraq And Saudi Arabia Open Border Post

Iraq reopened the 'Arar border post with Saudi Arabia on 31 October, allowing people and goods to pass through directly to and from Iraq the first time since the post was shut in August 1990. The opening ceremony was attended by some 100 Saudi businessmen, headed by Dr 'Abd al-Rahman al-Zamil, executive president of the Saudi Export Development Center and a member of the Shura Council, who are participating...