Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, CP receive Sweden's King

Saudi Arabia exerts its utmost to serve Islam, Muslims - Prince Sultan

Prince Naif awarded honorary doctorate certificate

Assistant minister of defense meets commander of 3rd U.S. army

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at the Royal Court at Al-Yamamah Palace Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav who is also the Honorary President of the World Scout Fund and the accompanying delegation.

At the outset of the audience, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed the Sweden's King, expressing his hope that the Sweden's King has spent happy times in the Kingdom.

On his part, King Carl XVI Gustav expressed his thanks to and appreciation of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the warm welcome and generous hospitality accorded to him and the accompanying delegation.

The Sweden's King also expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his efforts in promoting the World Scout Movement and for his support and sponsorship of the World Scout Exhibition for Peace inaugurated in Riyadh.

At the end of the audience, the Sweden's King presented the membership of the World Scout Fund to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

The audience was attended by Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence; Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King; Prince Mansour bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King; Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Adviser to the King; and a number of officials.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a message from Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The message was delivered to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques by Advisor at Kuwaiti Emir Court Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah during an audience at the Royal Court at Al-Yamamah Palace.

The Advisor conveyed to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques the greetings of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In turn, the Monarch sent his greetings to the Emir.

The audience was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the King; Prince Mansour bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the King; Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Advisor to the King; Minister of State Dr. Saud bin Saeed Al-Muthami, Member of the Cabinet for Shoura Council Affairs; Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri, Advisor to the King; and Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Kingdom Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at the Royal Court at Al-Yamamah Palace Lord Mayor of the City of London David Lewis and the accompanying delegation. During the audience, they exchanged cordial talks on a number of issues of mutual concern.

The audience was attended by Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence; Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland; Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King; Prince Mansour bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King; Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Adviser to the King; Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri, Adviser to the King; and British Ambassador to the Kingdom William Batey.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz arrived in Riyadh coming form Rawdhat Khraim after spending several days there.

Upon arrival, the king, accompanied by a number of princes and officials, was received by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, a number of other princes and officials.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has ordered the promotion and appointment of 50 judges at the Ministry of Justice and 8 judges at Grievances Bureau and promotion of 4 members at Investigation and Prosecution Commission.

The Monarch also ordered the promotion and appointment of 2503 officers of various ranks and promotion of 4 chief warrant officers to the rank of lieutenant in various military sectors.

Meanwhile, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, held a luncheon in honor of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav and the accompanying delegation.

Upon arrival at the Crown Prince's Palace, the Sweden's King was received by the Crown Prince who welcomed him in the Kingdom and wished him a pleasant stay.

The luncheon was attended by Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General; Prince Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs; Prince Bandar bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman; Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior; Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region; Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region; Prince Khalid bin Fahd bin Khalid; Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence; Prince Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz; Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Muhammad, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Civil Aviation; Prince Saad bin Faisal bin Saad; Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed, Assistant Chief of General Intelligence; Prince Khalid bin Saad bin Fahd; Prince Sattam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz; Prince Faisal bin Saud bin Mohammed; Prince Dr. Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Musaed, Adviser to the Crown Prince; Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Oil Affairs; Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King; and a number of princes, ministers and senior officials.

Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Riyadh region, met with King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden.

At the beginning of the meeting, Prince Salman welcomed the King of Sweden wishing him a pleasant stay in Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest .

At the end of the meeting, the King of Sweden awarded Prince Salman Baden Powel Scouts Fellowship.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Education and Chairman of the Saudi Scouts Society Dr. Abdullah Bin Saleh Al-Obaid , Head of the International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS) Dr. Abdullah bin Omar bin Nassif, Saudi chargé d'Affaires in Sweden Moqbel Al-Suraihi, Executive Director of the International Scouts Fund John Geoghegan and the Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav who is also the Honorary President of the World Scout Fund opened the International Scout Exhibition for Peace.

The General Supervisor of the International Scout Exhibition for Peace Dr. Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al-Fahd delivered a speech in which he expressed happiness over the launch of the exhibition under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz who described boy scouts as "Messengers of Peace" during a meeting with a delegation of boy scouts in Riyadh.

He also pointed out that the Crown Prince described boy scouts as "Representatives of Peace".

Al-Fahd indicated that the exhibition included world scout achievements of a number of states in the field of peace in addition to the achievements made by Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association.

"The exhibition includes hundreds of articles on peace and reflects the scout movement and its message. The Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association designed a Website to inform the world on this international occasion", he added.

Following that, the Executive Director of International Scout Fund John Geo Qikan delivered a speech in which he talked about the emergence of Scouting in the world, pointing out that it started among youth at the local community level and then began to spread at the global level where the number of its members has become now 28 million in 160 countries.

Following that, the Minister of Education Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Obaid who is also the Chief of the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association delivered a speech in which he welcomed the audience and praised the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to sponsor "Peace Gift".

Al-Obaid said that this initiative represents the Monarch's belief in the importance of Scouting in spreading peace. He thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince for their efforts to serve humanity in all fields, particularly scouting. He also thanked Sweden's King for his visit to Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association.

For his part, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav who is the Honorary President of the International Scout Fund delivered a speech in which he commended the support and attention given by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to scouting and Peace Gifts Programme.

"The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has inspired us by this global program which we call Peace Gifts. The real good leadership was the key factor for the success of this program in which 10 million boy scouts have participated so far from 110 countries", he said.

King Gustav expressed admiration for the Saudi Scouts, particularly their important role in the services of pilgrims each year, describing them as the largest public service project in the world.

"We were received with a warm welcome by scouts upon our arrival in Riyadh. We can see in their faces that they are very proud of their country. The exhibition shows us how young people from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do the same as young people from the United States, Sweden or South Africa do", he added.

Then, the Sweden's King and Governor of Riyadh Region inaugurated the website of exhibition, opened and toured the International Scout Exhibition for Peace.

The event was attended by a number of senior officials.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait on the anniversary of his country's National Day.

In his own name and on behalf of the people and government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the King wished the Emir permanent good health and happiness and his people steady progress and prosperity.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, has sent a cable of congratulations to Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait on the anniversary of his country's National Day.

In his cable, the Crown Prince wished the Emir permanent good health and happiness and his people steady progress and prosperity.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, received a number of princes, ulema (Islamic scholars), senior officials and a group of citizens who came to greet him.

The audience was attended by Prince Dr. Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Mosaed, Advisor to the crown prince, and other officials.

He also received Sheikh Ahmad Sabah Alsalim Alsabah.

The audience was attended by Prince Dr. Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Mosaed, Advisor to the crown prince, and other officials.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, received a number of the members of the working committees of the Higher Council of Islamic Affairs led by Sheikh Abdulaziz Ala'mmar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and chairman of the preparatory committee of the Higher Council of Islamic Affairs.

During the audience, the crown prince commended the members' efforts and stressed that Saudi Arabia exerts its utmost to serve Islam and Muslims.

The audience was attended by a number of officials.

Prince Sultan received also Yemeni Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Salih Basorah and a number of Yemeni universities' heads.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, has approved the establishment of the "Scientific Chair for Islamic Minorities" at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah and extended a donation of 10 million riyals to support this chair.

This was announced by Director of the university Dr. Osamah Tayeb in a statement to Saudi Press Agency.

Dr. Tayeb said this chair aims at studying in detail the state of affairs of Muslim minorities in some non-Muslim countries to support them.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, received Saudi military attaches abroad who came to greet him on the occasion of the second annual meeting of the military attaches.

During the meeting attended by a number of officials, he commended their work and urged them to represent their country well in the countries they serve in.

Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, received at the Royal Court at Al-Yamamah Palace British Minister of State for Middle East Affairs Dr. Kim Howells.

During the audience, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed a number of issues of mutual concern.

The audience was attended by Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland; Prince Dr. Mishaal bin Abdullah bin Musaed, Adviser to the Crown Prince; Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Minister of State and Member of the Cabinet; Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Hadithi, Chief of the Court of the Crown Prince; Mohammed bin Salem Al-Marri, Special Secretary to the Crown Prince; and British Ambassador to the Kingdom William Batey.

Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University's Council has decided to grant an honorary doctorate certificate in the field of serving the Sunnah (tradition of Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him) to Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister, to honor him and in appreciation of his efforts.

This was announced to Saudi Press Agency by Director of the university Dr. Solaiman Aba Alkhail who said the decision on Wednesday to grant the certificate to Prince Naif reflected the university's appreciation of his great efforts to serve the Sunnah through allocating prizes to those who serve the Sunnah.

Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation for Military Affairs, received Lieutenant General James J. Lovelace, the commander of the army at the US Central Command and the commander of the Third US Army.

During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed a number of issues of common interest.

At the end of the meeting, James J. Lovelace presented a memorial gift to Prince Khalid.

The Prince received also envoy of the U.N. Secretary General for the Middle East affairs Terje-Roed Larsen.

During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed issues of common interest.

The meeting was attended by First Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hassan Abdul-Fattah.