(November 28, 2011)

  Dr. Abdulaziz bin Abdulsattar Turkistani, Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Japan hosted a dinner reception on the occasion of the visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

  The dinner reception was attended by a number of ambassadors of the Gulf and Arab ambassadors, a number of prominent Japanese personalities and staff of the Saudi Arabia embassy and its Cultural Office and Commercial Office.

  His Excellency Dr. Madani delivered a short speech, in which he praised the strong deep-rooted relations between Japan and then Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and pointed to the similarities between the social texture in the two friendly countries which have achieved development and civilization while maintaining the original social values.