SAUDI ARABIA: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ARRIVES FOR SIX-DAY VISIT; GREETED BY KING FEISAL AT AIRPORT.
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189667
SAUDI ARABIA: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ARRIVES FOR SIX-DAY VISIT; GREETED BY KING FEISAL AT AIRPORT.
- Title: SAUDI ARABIA: PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ARRIVES FOR SIX-DAY VISIT; GREETED BY KING FEISAL AT AIRPORT.
- Date: 23rd February 1965
- Summary: KING FEISAL ARRIVING DJEDDAH AIRPORT; GREETING BOURGUIBA; BOTH MAKING WELCOMING SPEECHES. Initials PC/S/CR/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 10th March 1965 12:00
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- Location: DJEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- Reuters ID: LVA77V6ZX74K84OOVD116Z0NOEN2
- Story Text: KING FEISAL AND LEADING MEMBERS OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT WERE AT DJEDDAH AIRPORT YESTERDAY (MONDAY) TO EXTEND A WARM GREETING TO PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA OF TUNISIA, FLYING IN ON A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT.
IN A SPEECH AT THE AIRPORT, THE TUNISIAN PRESIDENT SAID HE'D COME TO VISIT "A GREAT KING WHO HAD LED HIS PEOPLE TOWARDS PROGRESS".
KING FEISAL DROVE WITH THE TUNISIAN PRESIDENT THROUGH THE CROWDED STREETS OF DJEDDAH - DECORATED WITH THE FLAGS OF THEIR TWO COUNTRIES - TO THE GUEST PALACE.
LATER IN THE DAY, PRESIDENT BOURGUIDA VISITED THE KING AT THE ROYAL PALACE AT BAGHDADIYA.THE TWO HEADS OF STATE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE HAD "CORDIAL AND BROTHERLY" TALKS.THAT EVENING, THE TUNISIAN PRESIDENT WAS GUEST AT A ROYAL BANQUET ATTENDED BY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, MILITARY CHIEFS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
PRESIDENT BOURGUIDA ARRIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA FROM CAIRO AFTER A SIX-DAY VISIT TO THE ARAB REPUBLIC.HE WILL LATER VISIT JORDAN, LEBANON, KUWAIT, IRAN, IRAQ, TURKEY, YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE.
THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEND THREE DAYS IN JERUSALEM DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO JORDAN LATER THIS WEEK, AND WILL SEE THE HOLY PLACES AND THE FRONTIER WITH ISRAEL.AND EIGHTEEN MAN PRESS DELEGATION WILL ACCOMPANY PRESIDENT BOURGUIDA DURING HIS VISIT.
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