CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL SENT A CABLE OF THANKS TO FRENCH PREMIER Dominique DE VILLEPIN. IN HIS CABLE, THE CROWN PRINCE SAID THAT UPON OUR DEPARTURE FROM YOUR FRIENDLY COUNTRY, WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO AND APPRECIATION OF YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT FOR A WARM WELCOME AND GENEROUS HOSPITALITY ACCORDED TO HIM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION. THE CROWN PRINCE COMMENDED THE CORDIAL TALKS HELD WITH THE FRENCH PREMIER AND HIS KEENNESS ON SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THEIR FRIENDLY PEOPLES TO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS PAID FULL ATTENTION AND CARE. THE CROWN PRINCE WISHED THE PREMIER, HIS GOVERNMENT AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE OF FRANCE STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.
