MADRID, JUNE 19, SPA -- KING JUAN CARLOS OF SPAIN HELD HERE LAST NIGHT A DINNER PARTY IN HONOR OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, KING CARLOS SAID THE VISIT OF KING ABDULLAH TO SPAIN IS THE FIRST VISIT FOR A SAUDI KING TO SPAIN SINCE 26 YEARS. THE VISIT EMBODIES THE EXISTING STRONG RELATIONS BETWEEN SPAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA, HE SAID. HE NOTED THAT HE WAS HONORED BY RECEIVING KING ABDULLAH IN MADRID IN 1984 (WHEN HE WAS THE CROWN PRINCE). WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THE VISIT WILL OPEN NEW HORIZONS FOR FURTHER ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO STRONG AND DYNAMIC COUNTRIES: SAUDI ARABIA AND SPAIN. KING CARLOS NOTED THAT EIGHT CENTURIES OF CLOSE COEXISTENCE WITH THE ARAB WORLD HAD LED TO IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY AND ARTS. ARAB PHILOSOPHERS, LIKE IBN KHALDOON AND IBN RUSHD, HAD PLAYED SIGNIFICANT AND REMARKABLE ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF SPAIN, AND HAD POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTED TO ENRICHING ITS CULTURE, HE SAID,HE HOPED THAT THE ARAB HOUSE FOUNDATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER CEMENTING SPANISH RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/460146