Q: What are the purposes of your visit to Spain? A: "We in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia appreciate the great role of Spain inside the European Union, and we do appreciate its role in supporting security, stability and peace in the Middle East region. My visit to Spain confirms the depth of relations between Riyadh and Madrid, and the observer of the history of relations between our two countries can notice the growth of these relations in all arenas, notably at the political, economic and cultural domains. We view Spain as a friendly country, and we continuously work to enhance the bonds of this friendship through exchange of views and intensification of cooperation in all domains. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is linked with Spain with a friendship treaty since 1961, and it signed the first industrial and agricultural cooperation agreement between the two countries in 1874, and formed a joint committee for industrial cooperation. That was followed by cultural, economic and industrial agreement between the two countries, including the agreement of establishing the Saudi-Spanish Fund with a capital of $1 billion. The agreement was signed during the visit of King Juan Carlos to the Kingdom in 2006. Several agreements were signed during the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to Spain in 2007 and the recent visit of King Juan Carlos to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/562140