Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques patronizes the opening

ceremony of KAUST 3 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Following this, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received their Majesties, Excellencies and
Highnesses, the leaders and representatives of Arab, Islamic and
friendly countries who are the guests of honor.

Attending the ceremony were His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al
Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain; His Majesty King Abdullah II
Ibn Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; His Highness
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; His Majesty
King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, King of the Kingdom of Malaysia;
President Mohammad Rahman of the Republic of Bangladesh; President
Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti; President General
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of the Republic of Mauritania, President
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Republic of The Philippines;
President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Somali Republic; President Omar
Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir of the Republic The Sudan; President Abdullah
Gul of the Republic of Turkey; President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the
Republic of Yemen; President Dr. Bashar Al-Assad of the Syrian Arab
Republic; the caretaker of the Lebanese government Fouad Siniora; His
Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the representative of Her Majesty the
Queen of Britain; His Highness Shihab bin Tariq bin Saeed, Adviser to
His Majesty the Sultan of Oman and the representative of the
Sultanate of Oman; His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Minister of Interior and representative of the President of the
United Arab Emirates; Farooq H. Nuuk, Speaker of Pakistan's House of
Representatives and Personal Representative of both the President and
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Abdulaziz
Belkhadem, Representative of the Algerian President; Yuri Sntoren,
First Deputy Minister for Science and Education of the Federal
Republic of Russia and representative of both Russia's President and
Prime Minister; Aidabact Ahmed, Minister of State for Railways of
India; Piment Arden, Director General of the National Academy for
Science and representative of the U.S. President; and Claude Gueant,
the Secretary General of the French Presidency and representative of
the President of France.
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