MANAMA, JAN. 5 (BNA) HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRIME MINISTER PRINCE KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA RECEIVED TODAY SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM DR. ABDULMOHSEN BIN FAHD AL MARK.
PRINCE KHALIFA AFFIRMED THE STRONG HISTORICAL TIES LINKING BOTH KINGDOMS AT VARIOUS FIELDS, LAUDING THE LEADING ROLE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLA BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD IN SERVING ARAB AND ISLAMIC ISSUES. PRINCE KHALIFA ALSO ASSERTED BAHRAIN'S FULL SUPPORT TO THE SAUDI KINGDOM THROUGH THICK AND THIN IN DEFENDING ITS SOVEREIGNTY AND UNITY. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRIME MINISTER ASKED THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO CONVEY HIS GREETINGS TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLA BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, THE CROWN PRINCE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD AND THE SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND INTERIOR MINISTER PRINCE NAYEF BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD. PRINCE KHALIFA ALSO WISHED THE SAUDI KINGDOM AND ITS PEOPLE FURTHER PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY. EM// 05-JAN-2010 16:50