CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL SENT A CABLE OF THANKS TO JAPAN'S PREMIER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AFTER LEAVING JAPAN TODAY. IN HIS CABLE, THE CROWN PRINCE EXPRESSED HIS BEST THANKS TO AND APPRECIATION OF THE JAPANESE PREMIER FOR A WARM WELCOME AND GENEROUS HOSPITALITY ACCORDED TO HIM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION. THE CROWN PRINCE EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE OVER MEETING THE JAPANESE PREMIER AND OFFICIALS, COMMENDING THE TALKS HELD WITH THEM AND THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES WHICH STRESSED IDENTICAL VIEWPOINTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES TOWARDS ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. THE CROWN PRINCE EXPRESSED HIS SATISFACTION OVER THE PREMIER'S KEENNESS ON PROCEEDING WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES TO FURTHER ENHANCE BILATERAL RELATIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS WHICH AFFIRM STRONG RELATIONS BINDING THE TWO FRIENDLY COUNTRIES UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE JAPANESE PREMIER. HE WISHED THE JAPANESE PREMIER CONTINUAL GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE OF JAPAN STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.
