Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has been invited to attend a high-profile international economic conference to discuss investment and reform initiatives of the new Egyptian government, said Affifi Ahmed Abdelwahab, Egyptian ambassador, here on Monday. The three-day event will be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh starting March 13.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday called on Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City and inquired about his health and prayed for his early recovery.
Georgia, a country located on the crossroads of western Asia and eastern Europe, has opened its embassy here in the Saudi capital to further promote bilateral relations.
The Indonesian government has sent a formal appeal to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to pardon a maid on death row for murdering her Saudi employer.
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, pledged Tuesday that the country would continue its “firm” fiscal policies in the face of dropping oil prices and that the armed forces would remain “vigilant” to regional security threats.
A Saudi delegation is set to visit Iraq this week in order to prepare the ground for the reopening of the Saudi Embassy in Baghdad, 24 years after the Kingdom closed its diplomatic mission there.
Several amazing astronomical treats are likely this year, starting with a meteor shower on Saturday, an astronomer said here on Thursday.
The kafala system, which requires all workers in most Gulf states to have a sponsor responsible for their visa and legal status, will top the agenda of the meeting of labor ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council in Kuwait on Tuesday, a GCC statement said. Adel Fakeih, labor minister, will lead the Saudi delegation to the GCC meeting.
Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council will hold an important meeting on Tuesday to prepare for the GCC summit to be held in Doha on Dec. 9 and 10. “The ministerial meeting is, in fact, a preparatory meeting for the forthcoming 35th session of the GCC Supreme Council,” said a statement released by the GCC General Secretariat.
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna on Sunday and discussed latest developments on America’s nuclear talks with Iran.