03Aug2005 King Abdullah Receives Dignitaries And Leaders

Riyadh, 3rd August, 2005

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz received here today, on separate visits, a number of dignitaries and leaders. These were:

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito

Austrian Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach.

German's President Dr Horst Koehler

Britain's Crown Prince Charles

Qatar's Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Bahrain's Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of Defense Forces Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

Qatar's Premier Sheikh Abudllah bin Khalifa Al Thani

Kuwait's Speaker of the Nation Council Jassim Al-Khurafi

Speaker of Russian Fedreal Assembly Sergey Mironov

Taiwan's Foreign Minister and Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Kingdom's Grand Mufti

Chairman of the Judiciary Higher Council

Chairman of the Shoura Council

Ulemas

Sheikhs, ministers and citizens

During the audience, the visitors offered condolences on the death of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques late King Fahd bin Abdulaziz.

He also received at his ranch in Janadriyah the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his accompanying delegation.

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