US VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY RECEIVED HERE TUESDAY EVENING PRINCE KHALID BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE ASSISTANT DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS. PRINCE KHALID IS CURRENTLY VISITING THE US TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF JOINT STRATEGIC PLANNING. PRINCE KHALID CONVEYED TO CHENEY THE GREETINGS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, CHENEY HIGHLIGHTED THE EXISTING FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE US. CHENEY EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH PRINCE KHALID ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST.