Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah visited Warsaw in the previous week. It was the Saudi King the first visit in Poland. The king met Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Science Minister Michal Sewerynski.
Polish officials have talked about the economic cooperation and fighting with organized crime. Parts have signed of bilateral agreements. Poland and Saudi Arabia established ties in 1995. It was 6 years after the fall of communism in Poland.
King Abdullah is very popular in Poland. In 2005, the king, in these times a prince, funded an operation to separate Polish conjoined twins Daria and Olga Kolach who were joined at the spine, intestines, urinary systems and sexual organs. The operation was performed by team of 50 Saudi surgeons and nurses in Riyadh. The costs of the surgery and transportation were about 1,5 million dollars.
The twins are in rehabilitation still; they learn to walk without assistance. Doctors predict that they have a chance of living normal lives.
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