PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER, AND HIS OMANI COUNTERPART YOUSEF BIN ALAWE BIN ABDULLAH HELD A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE IN MUSCAT TODAY TO CAST LIGHT ON THE STATE VISIT OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO OMAN. COMMENCING THE MEETING WITH REPORTERS, THE OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SAID THE VISIT HAS REFLECTED THE STRONG TIES LINKING THE SULTANATE OF OMAN AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MEETING OF KING ABDULLAH AND SULTAN QABOOS WHICH WAS HELD IN MUSCAT EARLIER TODAY CONFIRMED THE FIRM POSITIONS AND STRONG TIES BINDING THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ALL FIELDS AND AT THE BILATERAL, ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. HE SAID THE MEETING OF THE TWO LEADERS AND THEIR OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS FOCUSED ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND JOINT MARCH TOWARDS THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE SERVICE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FIELDS. --MORE
