Warsaw - Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
ended a landmark visit to Poland Tuesday on a cheerful note, meeting
with sisters born as Siamese twins but separated thanks to his
sponsorship.
The Saudi royal gained popularity in Poland two years ago when he
funded a complicated and costly operation separating Siamese twin
girls Olga and Daria Kolacz at an exclusive clinic in Riyadh.
Physicians say the children have fully recovered from the
procedure and are in splendid health.
King Abdullah also held talks behind closed doors with Poland's
conservative Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski prior to his departure
later Tuesday.
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, the prime minister's identical
twin brother, greeted the king, also known as the Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques, in Warsaw Monday on the first day of an
unprecedented state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties.
The two-day visit is the first-ever by a Saudi royal to Poland.
According to the Polish Presidential Chancellery, it was intended to
'confirm the special character of Polish-Saudi cooperation and
clearly signal further development.'
Both countries intend to increase bilateral trade and investment.
They also sealed a bilateral agreement Monday on cooperation in
security issues and fighting crime involving narcotics production,
counterfeiting money and documents, trafficking in human beings,
people-smuggling and computer crime.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur 
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