The King and Chadian President Hold Meeting

Rawdhat Khuraim, February 21, 2010, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Chadian President Idriss Deby held a meeting here today.

At the outset of the meeting, the King welcomed the Chadian President and the
accompanying delegation, wishing them a pleasant stay in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
On his part, President Deby expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the King
for the warm welcome and generous hospitality accorded to them in the Kingdom.
He also expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the King for his efforts to
achieve reconciliation between Chad and Sudan, which resulted in rapprochement
and brotherhood between the two countries in light of the discussions held by
the two heads of state in Riyadh and completed in Makkah.
The King expressed his pleasure over the rapprochement achieved between the two
neighboring countries, wishing them progress and prosperity and the return to
the previous normal relations along with further rapprochement and stability.

They also discussed overall developments at regional and international arenas,
the positions of the two countries towards them, in addition to aspects of
cooperation between the two countries and ways of their enhancement in all
fields.
The meeting was attended by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier
and Minister of Interior, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, President of General Intelligence, Prince Mit’eb
bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Chief of National Guard for Executive
Affairs, Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the King,
Minister of State and Cabinet's Member for Shura Council Affairs, Dr. Saud bin
Saeed Al-Mat’hami.
On the Chadian side, the meeting was attended by the delegation accompanying the
President.