The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz received at his palace here today the guests of National Guard including scholars, men of letters, thinkers and mass media members from the Kingdom and abroad currently attending Janadriyyah National 21st Festival for Heritage and Culture. At the outset of the audience, they all listened to a recitation of verses of the Holy Quran along with their interpretation. Addressing the audience, King Abdullah welcomed them to their second country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, wishing them a good stay and a safe return to their countries. He hoped that their contacts will yield good and useful results of ideas and opinions. Intellectuals and thinkers have a special responsibility in charting a future way of the nation, diagnosing its suffering and proposing solutions, the Monarch said and added that the unity of the Arab and Muslim nation is the cornerstone of the project of progress and glory . --More gggg 00 35 Local Time 21 35 GMT
