Official Source Clarifies News about contents of a meeting between Prince Naif and Algerian President

Riyadh, February 16, 2010, SPA -- An official Source clarified that it is
incorrect what have been reported in some news sites that Prince Naif bin
Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior discussed with
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his meeting last Wednesday, February
10, 2010, the topic of exporting Egypt's share of natural gas and arranging
Algerian-Egyptian Summit in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The source said, "Prince Naif's visit to the Algerian President was a private
one during which he conveyed to the President the greetings of the Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and the Crown Prince within
the framework of cordial relations between the leaderships of the two brotherly
countries and their peoples."


--SPA

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