rooted friendship between the two countries within the current strategic relations and determination towards enhancing them in all fields at the bilateral level in addition to continuation of exchanging mutual view points and coordination on regional and international issues of mutual concern. Prince Saud pointed out that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has received a message from U.S. President George W. Bush shortly before Rice's current visit to the Kingdom, in which President Bush has confirmed the deep-rooted bilateral ties and the commitment to further develop them as per the agreement recently reached between the two leaders in Crawford, U.S., and yielded the set up of the Strategic Dialogue Committee which aims at formulating these relations in an institutional framework. He said the committee held two meetings on the foreign ministers level in the two countries alternately whereas the third meeting will be held in the U.S. in the coming few months. Subcommittees on cultural affairs and human resources have also convened, he added. --More 00 20 Local Time 21 20 GMT
