ON HIS PART KING ABDULLAH EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE WARM WELCOME GIVEN TO HIM BY THE TURKISH OFFICIALS , AND HAILED THE HEARTFELT FEELINGS SPELT OUT BY THE TURKISH PRESIDENT. HE NOTED THAT THE SAUDI-TURKISH RELATIONS ARE DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS AND THEY GO BACK TO SEVERAL CENTURIES. THE KING SAID THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE LINKED WITH THE BONDS OF RELIGION, HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND HABITS. THESE BONDS HAVE MADE THE SAUDI-TURKISH RELATIONS DISTINGUISHED RELATIONS AND CHARACTERIZED WITH A SPECIAL FEATURE, SAID KING ABDULLAH HOPING THAT HIS CURRENT VISIT TO ANKARA WOULD POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER STRENGTHENING THESE RELATIONS. 'AS THE WORLD IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING IS ENCIRCLED BY DANGERS, IT HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL MATTER FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ADOPT WISE AND BALANCED POLICIES , WHICH ARE FAR AWAY FROM PRECIPITANCE', HE SAID AND ADDED 'THE CURRENT ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE FRATERNAL LEBANESE PEOPLE STANDS AS A WITNESS FOR THE DANGERS FACING THE WORLD'. THE KING EXPRESSED HAPPINESS FOR THE TURKISH REASONABLE STANDS WHICH CONFORM WITH THE SAUDI STANDS ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ISSUES. 'WE WORK AS YOU DO FOR REACHING A FAIR SOLUTION FOR THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM, AND WE ALSO WORK AS YOU DO TO MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST FREE FROM ATOMIC WEAPONS'. THE KING ADDED 'WE BELIEVE AS YOU DO IN THE IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS, AND WE SHARE YOU THE OPINION IN THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC)'. HE NOTED THAT OIC'S SECRETARY GENERAL EKMEL-EDDIN OGHLU HAS EXERTED SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OIC. 'THIS SOLID FOUNDATION OF JOINT STANDS CONSTITUTES A STRONG BASE FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN US IN THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE, AND WE IN THE KINGDOM ATTACH A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS COOPERATION WHICH WILL SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE SAUDIS AND TURKS AS WELL AS THE INTERESTS OF THE ENTIRE REGION'. KING ABDULLAH EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE TURKISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE DINNER PARTY WAS ATTENDED BY THE MONARCH'S OFFICIAL ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SENIOR TURKISH OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE ACCREDITED DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO TURKEY.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/381722