VOL. XLI

No. 22

1-June-1998

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia And Iran Sign Landmark Cooperation Agreement

Saudi Arabia and Iran on 27 May signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement aimed atimproving relations between the two countries after two decades of mutual suspicion. Theagreement was signed by the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, on a visit toTehran, and his Iranian counterpart, Mr. Kamal Kharrazi, who expressed his hope that theagreement would be "the start of wider and more...