PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL ABDOULAYE WADE RECEIVED HERE TODAY VISITING MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IYAD BIN AMEEN MADANI. DURING THE MEETING, MADANI CONVEYED TO PRESIDENT WADE THE GREETINGS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ. IN TURN, PRESIDENT WADE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF THE PIVOTAL ROLE KING ABDULLAH IS PLAYING IN WHATEVER CONCERNS ISLAM AND MUSLIMS, THE SUPPORT OF ISLAMIC PROJECTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE UNITY OF THE ISLAMIC UMMAH AND CONFRONTATION OF CHALLENGES FACING IT. LATER, MINISTER MADANI LEFT DAKAR AFTER HAVING LED THE SAUDI DELEGATION TO THE 8TH SESSION OF THE INFORMATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE, AN AFFILIATE OF THE OIC. HE WAS SEEN OFF BY SENEGAL'S MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DR. BACAR DIA AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS.
