Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Staff General Fayyadh bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili received in Riyadh Tuesday the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Djibouti General Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim.

During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation and coordination in issues of common interest between the two countries, and ways of strengthening and developing the bilateral relations between the two sides, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

Later, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Djibouti decorated General Fayyadh bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili with the (Great Star) Medal awarded by the Djiboutian government with a rank of Commander.

For his part, General Al-Ruwaili expressed his thanks and appreciation of the Government of Djibouti for this medal and praised the continuation of the distinguished relations between the two countries.

The meeting was attended by a number of senior officers from both sides.