CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, RECEIVED HERE TODAY YEMENI PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION. BOTH THE SAUDI AND YEMENI LEADERS ARE CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG. AT THE CLOSED-DOOR MEETING, PRINCE SULTAN AND PRESIDENT SALEH, DISCUSSED THE BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AT ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS, NOTABLY THE CURRENT SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ. LATER, PRESIDENT SALEH ATTENDED A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY CROWN PRINCE SULTAN IN HIS HONOR. THE MEETING AND THE LUNCHEON WERE ATTENDED BY PRINCE FAISAL BIN SAUD BIN MOHAMMED, A NUMBER OF OTHER PRINCES AND SENIOR OFFICIALS. ON THE YEMENI SIDE, THEY WERE ATTENDED BY DR ABDULKARIM AL-ARYANI, THE POLITICAL ADVISOR OF THE YEMENI PRESIDENT, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS.