RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH PUTIN RECEIVED HERE TODAY PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION WHO IS CURRENTLY VISITING RUSSIA. DURING THE RECEPTION PRINCE SALMAN CONVEYED GREETINGS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ TO THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE0 PRINCE SALMAN ALSO THANKED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY POINTING OUT TO THE KEENNESS OF THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP TO FURTHER BOLSTER ITS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. ON HIS PART PUTIN CONVEYED HIS GREETINGS TO KING ABDULLAH AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN STRESSING THE STRENGTH OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. PUTIN AND PRINCE SALMAN ALSO DISCUSSED WAYS OF STRENGTHENING FURTHER THE BILATERAL BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ALL FIELDS. THE RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE DR0 FAISAL BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AND SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MOHAMMAD HASSAN ABDULWALI. ON THE RUSSIAN PART THE RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY YOURI LOJOKOVMOSCOW)S MAYOR PRIME MINISTER)S ASSISTANT FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SIRJI BURHKODKA AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER SULTANOV.
