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CHRETIEN ARRIVAL TO SAUDI ARABIA ENDS HIS TOUR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
JEDDAH, APRIL 17 (KUNA) -- THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN
ARRIVED TO SAUDI ARABIA IN HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA SINCE
TAKING OVER OFFICE WITHIN HIS TOUR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CANADIAN DEPLOMATIC
SOURCES SAID ON MONDAY.
THE SOURCES ADDED THAT CHRETIEN WILL HOLD TALKS WITH THE CUSTODIAN OF THE
TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING FAHAD BIN ABDULLAZIZ AND THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE AND THE
PRIME MINISTER PRINCE ABDULLAH BIN ABDULLAZIZ, NOTING THAT THEIR TALKS WILL
DISCUSS THE REGIONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF
COMMON CONCERN SUCH AS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, THE EXERTED EFFORTS TO PUSH IT FORWARD AND THE SITUATION IN THE
ARABIAN GULF AREA.
IT ALSO SAID THAT THEIR TALKS WILL FOCUS ON BOOSTING THE BILATERAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIES IN ALL DOMAINS ESPECIALLY THE ECONOMIC, THE
COMMERCIAL AND THE INVESTMENT DOMAINS.
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KUNA 171950 Apr 00NNNN