On 19 May 1977 King Khalid met Syrian President Hafez Assad and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Riyadh to initiate a coordinated policy on Arab-Israeli conflict. King Khalid and Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto met in Riyadh on 18 June 1977. Lebanese Foreign Minister Fuad Butrus was received by King Khalid in Riyadh on 5 July 1977 to discuss current situation in Lebanon. On 10 July 1977 Yen Chia-kan, President of Taiwan, visited Saudi Arabia and was received by the King in Riyadh. Two days later, on 12 July 1977, King Khalid and Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre met in Jeddah. Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiry and King Khalid met in Ta'if on 2 August 1977. King Khalid's next visitors were Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Foreign Minister Arnaldo Forlani who visited Saudi Arabia on 5-6 August.