KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE SHEIKH NAWAF AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH COMMENDED BILATERAL, STRONG AND DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS BINDING THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT. IN A STATEMENT TO KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY (KUNA) ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO THE KINGDOM WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST ONE AFTER ASSUMING HIS POST AS CROWN PRINCE, HE SAID THAT GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES REPRESENT KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC DEPTH PARTICULARLY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE HIGHLIGHTED THE KINGDOM'S STANCE IN SUPPORT OF KUWAIT DURING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT IN 1990, NOTING THAT THE KINGDOM'S STAND WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE AND WILL BE REMEMBERED BY GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. SHEIKH NAWAF INDICATED THAT HIS VISIT TO THE KINGDOM CAME TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE KINGDOM'S POSITION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE CROWN PRINCE.