CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND ITALY'S PREMIER ROMANO PROODI CO-CHAIRED AT THE KING'S PALACE IN RIYADH TONIGHT A ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING, THE KING DECORATED THE PRIME MINISTER WITH KING ABDULAZIZ GRADE ONE SASH. THEN THEY DISCUSSED THE OVERALL INCIDENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS AT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS, LED BY THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IN ADDITION TO ASPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND WAYS OF ENHANCING THEM IN ALL FIELDS IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE JOINT INTERESTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES OF SAUDI ARABIA AND ITALY. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL; PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL; PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF INTERIOR; PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION; PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ , DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION; AND PRINCE MIQREN BIN ABDULAZIZ, CHIEF OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; ABDULLAH BIN AHMED ZENEL, MINISTER OF STATE AND MEMBER OF THE CABINET; AND DR. MOHAMMED BIN IBRAHIM ALJARALLAH, SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO ITALY. ON THE ITALIAN SIDE, THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY ITALY'S AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM O. DAORYA AND PROODI'S ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.
