King Fahd meets British defense secretary

King Fahd Bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia held a meeting in Jeddah with Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon who is making a Gulf tour.

Saudi sources said that the talks focused on means of enhancing the military cooperation between London and Riyadh as the U.K. is one of the main exporters of weapons to Saudi Arabia.

On other hand, Saudi Defense Minister Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz held talks with Hoon that tackled military cooperation between the two countries.

Prince Sultan depicted the talks as being constructive and that Saudi Arabia expressed its desire to the British official in developing weapons, which Saudi Arabia received from U.K.