VOL. XLIV

No. 27

2-July-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Crown Prince 'Abd Allah Rules Out Use Of Oil Weapon

Crown Prince 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz has ruled out Saudi Arabia using oil production as a means to exert political pressure on the West. In an interview with the Financial Times published on 25 June, he said no purpose was served by speaking about oil outside an economic framework. Nevertheless, he called for a more effective and balanced US and European role to shore up the precarious...