CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL GRACED HERE TODAY A LUNCHEON HELD IN HIS HONOR AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION BY JAPANESE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING JAPAN FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC BODIES, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR FOREIGN TRADE, JAPANESE-SAUDI FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION AND JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN ASSOCIATION. A SPEECH CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THIS OCCASION. ADDRESSING THE ATTENDANCE, CROWN PRINCE SULTAN CONVEYED TO THEM THE GREETINGS OF THE KINGDOM'S GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE, RECALLING HIS FIRST VISIT TO JAPAN IN 1960. HE NOTED THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM. THE CROWN PRINCE INDICATED THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE WITNESSED INCREASING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS FIELDS THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF VISITS AT ALL LEVELS. --MORE 14 51 LOCAL TIME 11 51 GMT
