VOL. XL

No. 46

17-November-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Top-Level Saudi-Japanese Meetings Skirt Issue Of AOC Concession Renewal

The top-level talks held in Riyadh last week between Saudi and Japanese leaders mayhave been instrumental in setting a firmer tone for future economic and politicalcooperation between the two countries, but do not seem to have led to any substantiveprogress in respect of the oil issue which has been uppermost in many minds, namely therenewal of the offshore Neutral Zone...