COMMANDER OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES AND DEFENSE AND MILITARY PRODUCTION MINISTER MOHAMMED HUSSEIN TANTAWI HOSTED HERE LAST NIGHT A DINNER PARTY IN HONOR OF PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE ASSISTANT DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, PRINCE KHALED EXPRESSED HAPPINESS FOR VISITING EGYPT AND SAID 'WHEN YOU ARE IN EGYPT, YOU FEEL YOU ARE AT HOME, AND WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM EGYPT YOU LONG FOR IT'. HE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR AWARDING HIM AN HONORARY DOCTORATE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF MILITARY STUDIES AND NATIONAL STRATEGY FROM NASSER MILITARY ACADEMY. HE HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF THE ACADEMY IN GRADUATING EFFICIENT MILITARY COMMANDERS WHO HAVE OBTAINED EXPERIENCE N MILITARY KNOWLEDGE. PRINCE KHALED LAUDED THE EXCELLENT COORDINATION BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT DURING THE WAR OF KUWAIT'S LIBERATION. PRINCE KHALED EXTENDED TO TANTAWI A PIECE OF THE HOLY KAABA'S KISWA (DRESS), AND ANOTHER MEMORIAL GIFT TO LT. GENERAL SAMI ANAN, THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES. THE DINNER PARTY WAS ATTENDED BY SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT HISHAM NAZIR AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS.
