SAUDI ARABIA - Feb. 20 - Chavez Visits.Pres. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela ends a 4-day visit with an agreement on closer bilateral bilateral /bi·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) having two sides, or pertaining to both sides. bi·lat·er·al adj. 1. Having or formed of two sides; two-sided. 2. relations. He met King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah and other top-ranking officials. He announced construction of an embassy in Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter, where Venezuela bought a plot of land 17 years ago. In the evening of Feb. 18 he visited the Atheriah Farm, where King Fahd's favourite and youngest son, Prince Abdel Aziz (who is a state minister, cabinet member and chief of the cabinet H.Q.) received him along with other princes and ministers. They guided him around and showed him the old Masmak Palace and saw a cavalry cavalry, a military force consisting of mounted troops trained to fight from horseback. Horseback riding probably evolved independently in the Eurasian steppes and the mountains above the Mesopotamian plain. By 1400 B.C. camel riding performance. He received a Pedigree pedigree Record of ancestry or purity of breed. Pedigrees of domesticated animals are maintained by governmental or private record associations or breed organizations in many countries. Arabian horse Arabian horse, breed of light horse developed in Mesopotamia and N Africa, and probably the first true domesticated breed. Prized since earliest times for its superior beauty, spirit, speed, grace of movement, stamina, and intelligence, the Arabian has served as as a gift from Prince Abdel Aziz. |
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