President Papoulias to visit Saudi Arabia
30.04.2006
President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias departed from Athens in the end of April for an official visit to Saudi Arabia and a tour of the Arab peninsula that will include stops in Qatar and Bahrain before his return to Athens on May 3.
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The tour
30.04.2006
Papoulias on his arrival by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, the governor of Riyadh, the cabinet and members of the royal family.
The president was accompanied by Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas, Merchant Marine Minister Manolis Kefaloyiannis, Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis, Greece's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia I. Economou and several Greek government officials.
Papoulias and the Greek delegation are to travel from Saudi Arabia to Qatar on Sunday, where they will remain until Tuesday, before visiting Bahrain and concluding the tour of Arab states on Wednesday.
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