QATAR'S EMIR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFAH AL THANI AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION LEFT RIYADH ON SATURDAY EVENING AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE 8TH CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF LEADERS OF ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL'S COUNTRIES CONCLUDED AT DIRIYAH PALACE HERE TODAY. AT RIYADH AIRBASE, THEY WERE SEEN OFF BY MINISTER OF STATE AND CABINET'S MEMBER FOR SHOURA COUNCIL AFFAIRS DR. SAUD AL-MUTHAMI AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS. UPON HIS DEPARTURE, THE EMIR SENT CABLES OF THANKS TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER , MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR A WARM WELCOME AND GENERAL HOSPITALITY, WISHING THE KING AND THE CROWN PRINCE PERMANENT GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.