21.   This is the fourth time the Saudi monarch has been hospitalized this year.

22.   Twice this year, Hussein visited the desert kingdom but did not meet the Saudi monarch, who was recovering from a stroke he suffered last November.

23.   His talks will also address the possibility of a summit between the Jordanian and Saudi monarchs.

24.   The Saudi monarch also applauded a landmark peace agreement reached Saturday between Chechnya and Russia to end the war in the Moslem-majority republic.

25.   The Saudi monarch, who has curtailed his official engagements after suffering a stroke in November, personally went to the airport to welcome Chirac on Saturday.