CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, RECEIVED AT HIS FARM HERE TODAY SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT FAROUK AL-SHARA. AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING, THE MINISTER CONVEYED TO THE CROWN PRINCE THE GREETINGS OF PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD OF SYRIA. IN TURN, CROWN PRINCE SULTAN SENT HIS GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT. DURING THE MEETING, THEY DISCUSSED THE OVERALL SITUATIONS AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AT THE GULF, ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS PARTICULARLY THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ. ALSO REVIEWED DURING THE MEETING WERE ASPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND WAYS OF ENHANCING THEM FOR THE INTEREST OF THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THEIR BROTHERLY PEOPLES IN ALL FIELDS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS DR. NIZAR BIN OBEID MADANI, SENIOR ROYAL PROTOCOL AND SYRIA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM AHMAD NEZAM ALDIN.
