KING KHALID'S VISIT IS A TRIUMPH

THE STATE VISIT of King Khalid to Britain was the climax of a two-year campaign by the English government to forge stronger ties with Saudi Arabia. Over the last 24 months five British Cabinet Ministers have visited Jeddah and only recently the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, visited the kingdom. Over the same period British annual export figures to Saudi Arabia have reached an all time high of £946m. Mrs Thatcher hopes to increase that figure to over £1.2bn, and to ensure that UK companies get a bigger share of the contracts being awarded under the £107bn Five-Year Plan.