INDONESIAN RELATIONS AND PRAISED THE SUPPORT BEING EXTENDED BY THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO INDONESIA, NOTABLY IN CASES OF DISASTERS AND CRISES. THE SPEAKER OF THE COUNCIL ALSO LAUDED THE KINGDOM 'S ROLE IN SERVING THE ISLAMIC CAUSES, AND HOPED THAT THE VISIT OF AL ALSHEIKH TO INDONESIA WOULD YIELD POSITIVE RESULTS, AND PAVE THE WAY FOR FURTHER CEMENTING BILATERAL RELATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, AL ALSHEIKH VISITED TODAY JAKARTA-BASED INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC AND ARAB STUDIES. WELCOMING AL ALSHEIKH, THE INSTITUTE'S DIRECTOR SAID THE INSTITUTE, ESTABLISHED IN 1400, WAS A GIFT FROM THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO INDONESIA. HE NOTED THAT THE INSTITUTE IS CONCERNED WITH TEACHING ISLAMIC SCIENCES AND GRADUATING ISLAMIC CALLERS IN LINE WITH THE PROPER ISLAMIC TEACHINGS. AL ALSHEIKH ALSO VISITED HERE TODAY THE OFFICE OF THE SAUDI CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, MOHAMMED AL-KHALAF, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE, SAID THE SUPERVISOR OF THE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE INTERIOR MINISTER, HAS APPROVED EXTENDING SR 1.5 MILLION TO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS WITNESSED BY INDONESIA LAST FEBRUARY.
