Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdullah at Khayyal today conferred at the State Department with Assistant Secretary of State William Rountree. It is believed that he touched, among other things, on Arab-Israel issues, especially on the Akaba Gulf territorial water issue and friction on the Israel-Syrian frontier.
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