CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS SENT A CABLE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO NICOLAS SARKOZY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. IN HIS OWN NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA, THE KING CONGRATULATED THE PRESIDENT ON THE CONFIDENCE GIVEN TO HIM BY THE FRENCH PEOPLE, WISHING HIM GOOD LUCK. ON THIS OCCASION, THE KING LAUDED THE STRENGTH OF THE HISTORIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS TO ACHIEVING PEACE AND JUSTICE AND BOOSTING SECURITY AND STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION AND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE KING STRESSED KEENNESS TO PROCEED FORWARD IN BOOSTING RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND FRANCE IN ALL FIELDS.