General Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Makkah Region

Jeddah, July 19, SPA -- General Director of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Makkah Region branch Mohammed Ahmed Tayyip received at his
office here today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation of Mali Moctar Ouane.

During the meeting, Tayyip received a message addressed to the
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
from President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali.

The minister arrived yesterday in Jeddah where he was received by a
number of senior officials.