THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS SENT A CABLE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO MALDIVES' PRESIDENT Maumoon Abdul GAYOOM ON THE OCCASION OF HIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE DAY. IN HIS OWN NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, KING ABDULLAH WISHED THE PRESIDENT CONTINUAL GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND HIS PEOPLE STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY. IN A SIMILAR CABLE, CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL CONGRATULATED THE MALDIVES' PRESIDENT ON THIS OCCASION.