SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA ALTHANI, THE EMIR OF QATAR, HAS EXPRESSED HIS GREETINGS AND THOSE OF THE QATARI PEOPLE TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, COUPLED WITH WISHES OF GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. HE ALSO WISHED THE SAUDI PEOPLE FURTHER PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY. IN A PRESS STATEMENT UPON ARRAL IN RIYADH THIS EVENING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 19TH ARAB SUMMIT, HE SAID, "I AM DELIGHTED TO EXPRESS WARM GREETINGS TO ARAB LEADERS ATTENDING THE SUMMIT BEING HELD AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE THAT REQUIRES CONCERTED EFFORTS AND UNITY OF RANKS TO STAND UP TO DANGERS FACING OUR NATION." HE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE SUMMIT WILL FULFILL THE ASPIRATIONS OF ARAB PEOPLE.
