Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, held here on Tuesday evening a meeting with British Defense Secretary Dr John Reid. Speaking on the occasion, Prince Sultan highlighted the existing deep-rooted Saudi-British relations, and said these relations go back to more than 100 years. They reviewed aspects of cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Britain in the various spheres notably in the military sphere. They also reviewed the issue of the British planes due to join the Saudi armed forces in addition to the situation in Iraq. The meeting was attended by a number of Saudi and British High-ranking officials. --more 1030 Local Time 0730 GMT
