2 ISLAMABAD ON HIS PART, PRINCE SULTAN REITERATED THE RESPECT OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO THE PAKISTANI LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE, AND SAID KING ABDULLAH IS DETERMINED ON FURTHER DEEPENING RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN IN ALL DOMAINS NOTABLY IN THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DOMAINS. 'THE SAUDI-PAKISTANI RELATIONS ARE FRATERNAL AND DEEP-ROOTED', HE SAID NOTING THAT PAKISTAN HAD UNWAVERINGLY SENT ITS TROOPS TO THE KINGDOM WHEN THEY WERE NEEDED. 'PAKISTAN SINCE ITS INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN GOING AHEAD ON THE PROPER ISLAMIC PATH AND DOING ITS BEST TO HOLD HIGH THE BANNER OF ISLAM IN THIS REGION', HE ADDED. PRINCE SULTAN EXPRESSED HIS GOOD WISHES TO THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT AND UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENHANCING COOPERATION AMONG THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES. THE RECEPTION PARTY WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE SULTAN'S ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION, SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO PAKISTAN ALI ASSIRI AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF PAKISTANI SENIOR OFFICIALS. --SPA 11 30 LOCAL TIME 08 30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/353971