KING JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN VISITED HERE TODAY THE SHOURA (CONSULTATIVE) COUNCIL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS CURRENT VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. ON ARRIVAL AT THE COUNCIL'S HEADQUARTERS, KING CARLOS WAS WELCOMED BY SHOURA COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN DR SALEH BIN HUMEID AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS. AT A MEETING WITH DR BIN HUMIED, THE SPANISH MONARCH REVIEWED ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST INCLUDING MEANS OF ENHANCING BILATERAL RELATIONS IN VARIOUS SPHERES NOTABLY IN THE PARLIAMENTARY DOMAIN. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE SAUD BIN NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN, A NUMBER OF OTHER OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL. IN A PRESS STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DR BIN HUMEID SAID HE HAD REVIEWED WITH THE SPANISH KING ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE EXISTING SAUDI-SPANISH RELATIONS. DR BIN HUMIED BRIEFED THE SPANISH MONARCH ON THE ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL. DR BIN HUMEID POINTED OUT THAT THE SHOURA COUNCIL HAS MEMBERSHIP IN SEVERAL REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS. HE WELCOMED ALSO CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO WHO WILL SOON VISIT THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, AND SAID THE CHINESE PRESIDENT WILL DELIVER A SPEECH AT THE SHOURA COUNCIL. ON HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO TURKEY, DR BIN HUMEID SAID IT WILL BE A WORKING VISIT, AND MEANS OF ENHANCING PARLIAMENTARY WORKS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
