THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS RECEIVED A CABLE OF THANKS FROM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, KING OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN, FOLLOWING HIS DEPARTURE AFTER HAVING ATTENDED THE 8TH ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE SUMMIT OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL LEADERS HELD IN RIYADH EARLY THIS WEEK. ON HIS PART, KING ABDULLAH THANKED KING HAMAD FOR HIS NOBLE FEELINGS, WISHING HIM CONTINUAL HAPPINESS AND HEALTH AND HIS PEOPLE STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY. CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, HAS RECEIVED A SIMILAR CABLE FROM THE BAHRAINI MONARCH. IN TURN, CROWN PRINCE SULTAN REPLIED HIM, THANKING HIM FOR HIS GOOD FEELINGS AND WISHING HIM BEST HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.