Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, is scheduled to leave for Doha Monday afternoon for a two-day visit as head of the Saudi delegation on behalf of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, at the second gathering of the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council. Prince Naif will co-chair Monday evening's meeting, the Coordination Council's second, with Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Crown Prince of Qatar, who heads the Qatari side. It is learned that Prince Naif will meet Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and convey the greetings of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and Crown Prince Sultan. The Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council, whose members include Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance; Musa'ed Al-Aiban, Minister of State; Abdullah Zainal, Minister of Commerce; and Abdul Aziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, will discuss Saudi-Qatari cooperation in political, security, economic, education and cultural areas as the two countries seek to strengthen ties and mutual interests. The Council's first session was held in Riyadh on Dec. 16, 2008, when the Saudi side was headed by the Second Deputy Premier on behalf of the Crown Prince and the Qatari side was led by Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Crown Prince of Qatar. The occasion witnessed the signing of several bilateral agreements and memorandums of understanding in political, economic, commercial, cultural and information fields, and further agreements are expected to be signed in this second session.
