King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain received at Al-Sakhir palace in Manama this evening visiting Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier, Advisor to and Special Envoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. At the outset of the meeting, the Deputy Crown Prince conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, wishing the King of Bahrain good health and happiness and his people steady progress and prosperity. For his part the King of Bahrain sent his greetings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince, wishing them good health and happiness and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia steady progress and prosperity. For his part, the King of Bahrain welcomed the Deputy Crown Prince, expressing his gratitude of the historic deep-rooted relations binding the two sisterly kingdoms and paid tribute to the steady progress of those relations for the benefit of the mutual interests between the two countries and peoples. During the audience, they discussed potentials of cooperation between the two countries and ways of enhancing them in all fields in addition to the GCC march as well as the efforts being exerted to achieve the aspirations of the leaders and peoples of the GCC countries and reviewed the overall situations in the regional and international arenas and each stated the positions of his country towards them. The audience was attended by Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of the Royal Court; and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain. On the Saudi side, the meeting was attended by Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of State and Member of the Cabinet.
