Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to visit ailing Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the state-run Petra news agency reported.Prince Sultan, 80, a brother of Saudi King Fahd and third in line to the Saudi throne, underwent an operation on Monday to remove an intestinal polyp and is currently hospitalised at King Fahd military hospital in Jeddah.
King Abdullah visited the defence minister at the hospital and returned home, Petra said, adding he was accompanied by Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez.
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