Singapore, April 12, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Singapore have expressed satisfaction over their fostering bilateral relations and underscored the importance of enhancing their cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, financial services, scientific and political domains. The remarks came in the joint communiqué issued here today at the end of the visit of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, to Singapore. Prince Sultan paid a three-day visit to Singapore on April 10-12, 2006, in response to an invitation from Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. During the visit Crown Prince Sultan met Singaporean President Sellapan Rama Nathan and reviewed with him issues pertaining to bilateral relations and a number of regional and international topics. At the meeting held with the Singaporean Premier Loong, the two sides emphasized the importance of the existing economic and political ties between the Kingdom and Singapore, and reviewed means of further enhancing bilateral relations and realizing a comprehensive long-term economic partnership. They also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues of mutual interest.--MORE 13 35 Local Time 10 35 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/353161