CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMEIR, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, HAS SENT WRITTEN CABLES OF THANKS TO GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL LEADERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE 27TH SUMMIT RECENTLY CONCLUDED IN RIYADH IN RESPONSE TO THE THANKING CABLE EACH HAS SENT TO HIM FOLLOWING HIS DEPARTURE AT THE END OF THE TWO-DAY EVENT. CROWN PRINCE SULTAN WROTE TO KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA OF BAHRAIN; SULTAN QABOOS BIN SAEED OF OMAN; SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI, EMIR OF QATAR; SHEIKH SABAH ALAHMED ALJABER ALSABAH, EMIR OF KUWAIT; SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAED AL NAHAYAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, THANKING THEM FOR THE NOBLE FEELINGS THEY EXPRESSED IN DEPARTURE CABLES AND WISHING THEM CONTINUOUS HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THEIR PEOPLES STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.