SHEIKH SALIH AL ALSHEIKH, THE MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, ENDOWMENTS, CALL AND GUIDANCE, RECEIVED HERE TODAY AGONG LAXONO, THE SPEAKER OF THE INDONESIAN COUNCIL OF DEPUTIES, AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, AL ALSHEIKH HIGHLIGHTED THE EXISTING DEEP-ROOTED SAUDI-INDONESIAN RELATIONS, AND SAID EXCHANGE OF VISITS BY SAUDI AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS WOULD FURTHER CEMENT BILATERAL RELATIONS. HE NOTED THAT A MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION WILL BE SIGNED BY THE MINISTRY OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, ENDOWMENTS, CALL AND GUIDANCE AND THE INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. ON HIS PART, LAXONO LAUDED THE SUPPORT EXTENDED BY THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO INDONESIA. HE REITERATED THE KEENNESS OF HIS COUNTRY ON ATTRACTING SAUDI INVESTORS TO INVEST IN INDONESIA.
