CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL RECEIVED AT HIS OFFICE AT THE ROYAL COURT AT ALYAMAMAH PALACE IN RIYADH TODAY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) ABDULRAHMAN BIN HAMAD AL-ATIYYAH. DURING THE AUDIENCE, AL-ATIYYAH EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE GCC LEADERS FOR EXTENDING HIS TERM OF OFFICE FOR MORE THREE YEARS. IN A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE AUDIENCE, AL-ATIYYAH LAID STRESS ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY THE KING AND THE CROWN PRINCE IN SUPPORTING THE GCC AND ENHANCING ITS POSITION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, NOTING THAT THIS ROLE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE GCC ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. THE AUDIENCE WAS ATTENDED BY A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS.
