Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-sheikh, the President of Al-Shoura (Consultative) Council received here today Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Francis Smith and the accompanying delegation. Dr. Al Alsheikh appreciated the Australian efforts to provide facilities to Saudi students on scholarship in universities and educational institutes of Australia, noting that the large number of Saudi students in Australia will increase and deepen the existing bilateral relations between the two countries and peoples. During the meeting, they discussed all issues of common interest between the two countries as well as ways of enhancing parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.
