THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS SENT A MESSAGE TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN DEALING WITH RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. THE MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED TO PRESIDENT PUTIN BY PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION, WHO IS CURRENTLY VISITING RUSSIA, DURING AN AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDETN PUTIN IN MOSCOW TODAY. 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, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, TO THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA. 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 TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ALL FIELDS. THE RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE DR. FAISAL BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AND SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MOHAMMAD HASSAN ABDULWALI. ON THE RUSSIAN PART, THE RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY YOURI LOJOKOV, MOSCOW'S MAYOR; PRIME MINISTER'S ASSISTANT FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SIRJI BURHKODKA; AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER SULTANOV.
