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New King Abdullah will not change Saudi direction.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| August 07, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Turkish Daily News)

Monarch in all but name for 10 years already, Saudi Arabia's new reformist King Abdullah can wield full authority after succeeding his half-brother Fahd, but will not wrench the conservative kingdom onto a different path.

"I cannot imagine there will be any particular change in the (foreign) policy undertaken by the late King Fahd," the Saudi ambassador to London, Prince Turki al-Faisal, said. Asked whether the same applied to oil policy, he said: "Absolutely."

Abdullah has run Saudi Arabia's day-to-day affairs since Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995, and has been the central decision-maker on issues ranging from oil and the …

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