LEBANESE PREMIER FUAD AL-SINIORA EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO AND APPRECIATION OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR STANDING BY LEBANON IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AS A RESULT OF ISRAELI AGGRESSION ON ITS LAND. AL-SINIORA THANKED THE KINGDOM DURING A TELEPHONE CALL HE MADE TODAY TO MINISTER OF FINANCE DR. IBRAHIM BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-ASSAF. EARLIER, THE MONARCH HAS DIRECTED TO PROMPTLY TRANSFER $ 50 MILLION TO BE AT THE LEBANESE PREMIER'S DISPOSAL TO BE SPENT ON URGENT RELIEF NEEDS AND ON PROVISION OF SERVICES REQUIRED FOR ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING OF THE LEBANESE BROTHERLY PEOPLE IN THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
