THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND VISITING U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT M. GATES HELD TALKS AT THE MONARCH'S FARM IN ROWDAT KHURAIM, NORTH EAST OF THE SAUDI CAPITAL OF RIYADH, TONIGHT. DURING THE MEETING, THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENTS AT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS WERE DISCUSSED. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL; PRINCE MIT'EB BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS; PRINCE BADR BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD; PRINCE ABDUL-ILAH BIN ABDULAZIZ; PRINCE MIQREN BIN ABDULAZIZ, CHIEF OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; PRINCE KHALID BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS; AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM JAMES OBERWETTER. THE GUESTS AND THE SAUDI SENIOR OFFICIALS HAD DINNER WITH THE MONARCH.