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Saudi Arabia said its stand on the free trade agreements Bahrain concluded with the United States did not amount to a dispute with the Gulf neighbor but rather reflects the Kingdom's keenness to see the Gulf Cooperation Council resolutions being honored. The Cabinet, meeting last night in its weekly session under the chairmanship of Crown Prince Abdullah, said the Kingdom's position toward the Bahrain-US agreement "is not considered by Saudi Arabia as amounting to a bilateral or even collective dispute, but rather reflects the Kingdom's keenness on (maintaining) the credibility and seriousness of the Gulf Cooperation Council resolutions, especially in regard to the GCC economic unity." Minister of Culture and Information, Dr. Fouad Al-Farsi, said the Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on his recent visit to the Eastern Province where he opened a number of mega industrial, health and education projects and his meetings with citizens of the region. |