A recently published report by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SANA) shows that the national exchanges with Sudan reflected a deficit of 164 million Saudi Riyals (43.7 million) in 1999, reported Al-Watan . This figure implies a 27 percent deficit increase compared with the country’s SR129-million deficit in 1998. — (menareport.com)
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