PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL CONVEYED HERE TODAY CONGRATULATIONS AND 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 PERSONNEL OF THE EASTERN FLEET IN JUBAIL GOVERNORATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE BLESSED EID AL-FITR. THE PRINCE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE JELAWI BIN ABDULAZIZ BIN MUSAED, THE VICE GOVERNOR OF THE EASTERN REGION AND OTHER PRINCES. UPON ARRIVAL AT KING ABDULAZIZ NAVAL BASE AIRPORT, THEY WERE RECEIVED BY A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS AND SENIOR OFFICERS. A SPEECH CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THIS OCCASION. IN AN IMPROMPTU SPEECH, PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE NAVAL FORCES HAVE A GREAT POSITION IN THE HEARTS OF EVERY SAUDI CITIZEN, SINCE THEY PROTECT SAUDI TERRITORIAL WATERS, STRESSING THAT THE SAUDI FLEET HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY DEVELOPED TO PERFORM ITS DUTY. HE ADDRESSED SERVICEMEN SAYING,''YOU HAVE VERY GREAT TASKS IN THE KINGDOM'S PRESENT AND FUTURE TIME. HE AFFIRMED THAT THE KINGDOM ENJOYS ISLAMIC SHARIA IN PRACTICE AND THAT ITS CONSTITUTION IS THE HOLY QURAN.
