Riyadh, August 22, 2019, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to the Philippines Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Busairi has praised bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and their support for all that would promote bilateral relations between the two countries on various tracks to serve the interests of the two countries and their peoples. This came during the Ambassador's press statement on the occasion of the official visit of Speaker of Shura Council Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh to the Philippines at the official invitation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Ambassador Dr. Al-Busairi stressed the importance of Shura Council Speaker's visit to the Philippines and high-level meetings with a number of Philippine senior officials, pointing out that this visit comes to strengthen parliamentary relations between the two countries to serve deep-rooted Saudi-Philippine relations. --SPA 10:57 LOCAL TIME 07:57 GMT 0004 www.spa.gov.sa/w1159396