A special plane carrying foreign diplomats will take off from the royal terminal of Riyadh’s King Khaled International Airport for Jeddah today to allow them to offer in person their condolences on the death of Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior.
A book of condolence for diplomats will be opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the death of Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, said Alauddin A. Alaskary, deputy minister for protocol affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, here yesterday.
Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to promote the use of Arabic language among expatriates in a bid to spread Arab culture. “The plan is to interact with students of different nationalities currently enrolled in various foreign schools of the Kingdom,” said Gumaan S. Alkahtani, general manager of the Riyadh-based Arab Institute for Arabic Language (ARABI), here yesterday.
As part of an ambitious plan to ensure food security, the Kingdom has intensified efforts to modernize its fishery sector with an aim to promote the sustainable productivity of local fish stocks.
A major celebration was organized in Riyadh yesterday to mark the completion of the first phase of the Kingdom’s Yesser e-government program and the launch of the same initiative’s second phase for 2012 to 2016.
The Saudi Airlines Catering Company’s initial public offering (IPO) has received a “good response” from investors and businessmen, said Khaled A. Al-Molhem, director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia).