VOL. XLIV

No 40

1-October-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

SaudiFinance Minister Sees No Immediate Negative Economic Impact From Attacks On US

Saudi Arabias Finance MinisterIbrahim 'Assafhas said that hiscountry has not witnessed any immediate negative economic impact in the wake ofthe attacks on the World Trade Center in the US, pointing out that the mainfactors that influence the growth of the Saudi economy and financial stabilityare domestic ones. According to the Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat of 16September,...