Saudi ambassador to the Sudan Faisal Bin Hamed Mu'alla hailed today the strong relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Sudan. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, he said the visit of Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Mohammad Taha to the Kingdom which concluded yesterday, and his meeting with the Deputy Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan Ibn Abdulaziz came within the framework of consultations and the development of relations between the two countries. The ambassador affirmed that the visit was also meant to consolidate the close bilateral ties and how the two countries could serve (well) the two brotherly peoples.