CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HELD A BILATERAL MEETING WITH VISITING MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH BIN HAJJ AHMED BADAWI AT ALSAFA PALACE IN MAKKAH TONIGHT. AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING, THE MONARCH WELCOMED MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER, WISHING HIM AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION GOOD STAY IN THE KINGDOM. ON HIS PART, BADAWI THANKED THE KING FOR WARM WELCOME AND GENEROUS HOSPITALITY. DURING THE MEETING, OVERALL DEVELOPMENTS AT THE ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS NOTABLY THE SITUATIONS IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ WERE DISCUSSED.