THE SAUDI ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ HEADED THE SAUDI DELEGATION AT THE JOINT MEETING OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WHICH CONCLUDED ITS DELIBERATIONS YESTERDAY AT PENTAGON. PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN, THEN, MET US SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DONALD WINTER. DURING THE MEETING, THEY EXCHANGED CORDIAL TALKS AND DISCUSSED ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. ALSO, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN MET US AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL TED MOSELEY. DURING THE MEETING, THEY EXCHANGED CORDIAL TALKS AND DISCUSSED ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. LATER, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN MET US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD WHO WELCOMED HIM AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION AND WISHED THE PRINCE "GOOD STAY." RUMSFELD ASSERTED THE STRONG RELATIONS BETWEEN USA AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. HE ALSO ASKED PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN TO CONVEY THE GREETINGS OF THE US PRESIDENT TO CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHISHING HIM GOOD HEALTH AND CONTINUOUS PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY FOR THE SAUDI PEOPLE. ON HIS PART, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN EXPRESSED HIS THANKS FOR THE GENEROUS HOSPITALITY AND RECEPTION. HE ALSO CONVEYED HIM THE GREETING OF CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. LATER, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN MET US VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI. DURING THE MEETING, THEY EXCHANGED CORDIAL TALKS AND DISCUSSED ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. LATER, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN VISITED THE SAUDI MILITARY ATTACHE IN USA, COLONEL ALI BIN SALEH AL-RAKAF. HE WAS RECEIVED THERE BY A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS. THE SAUDI MILITARY ATTACHE DELIVERED A SPEECH IN WHICH HE WELCOMED THE PRINCE AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION AND NOTED THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND FOLLOW UP MADE BY CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL AND HIS ASSISTANT FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS. THEN, PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN DELIVERED A SPEECH IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED HIS HAPPINESS TO BE WITH THEM. "THE DIRECTIVES OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL WERE TO DEVELOP THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TO OVERCOME ALL SHORTCOMINGS. THEREFORE, COMMITTEES WERE FORMED TO DEVELOP THE ABILITIES OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IN ALL SECTORS," PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN SAID. THEN, THE SAUDI MILITARY ATTACHE IN USA PRESENTED A MEMORIAL GIFT TO PRINCE KHALED BIN SULTAN ON THIS OCCASION. HE ALSO LISTENED TO A BRIEFING ON THE SAUDI MILITARY ATTACHE OFFICE IN USA.
