Rabat  — HM King Mohammed VI held a phone conversation on Thursday with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, said a statement by the Royal Cabinet.

The telephone conversation is part of the family and brotherly relations uniting the two sovereigns and two royal families, and the regular and fruitful consultations between the two kingdoms aimed to develop their bilateral partnership, and to coordinate on major international and regional issues facing the Islamic Umma, in light of the important role played in this respect by His Majesty the King, president of Al-Quds Committee, and by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the same source added.