Indian Prime Minister ManMohan singh held talks with Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al – Rabiah in new Delhi on Thursday and sought greater cooperation from Saudi Arabia in all fields, describing the kingdom as “valued partner”.
Tonio Borg said that he discussed the Maltese initiative with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at great length at a lunch meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. “The liaison office can play a more effective role following the recent developments in the Middle East and this office can eventually become the focal point for dialogue and regional summits,” said Borg, addressing a press conference after his talks with Prince Saud.
Bahrain Air’s on-board raffle initiative, where passengers can win free tickets to different destinations on the network, is causing a “sensation in the skies,” said Syed Taqiuddin Ahmed, general manager for the Riyadh-based Safari Travel Group, which holds the GSA for Bahrain Air. The promotion, which will end on Dec. 31, gives customers the opportunity to win tickets on every flight, said Taqiuddin. He said “passengers transiting via Bahrain would have the opportunity twice and round trip passengers via Bahrain will have four chances to win tickets.”
The proposal to transform the GCC into a union of Gulf states, which will herald a new era of Gulf cooperation amid changing regional alliances, figured prominently in the final communiqué issued by GCC heads of state.
“The plan in the first phase aims to set up a comprehensive public transport system in these cities that is more reliable and efficient,” said Minister of Transport Jabara Al-Seraisry, who was chairing a session of the Riyadh Economic Forum (REF) on Sunday.
“Iran is escalating tension in the region and the world at large,” said Prince Saud Al-Faisal, minister of foreign affairs, in a speech read out by Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer, deputy minister for multilateral relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two-day conference, the first of its kind to be hosted by the Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS) in Riyadh, will be rich in political and security content with focus on the role of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the changing regional and international landscape.
“The eight new ambassadors are veterans with exceptional integrity and achievements,” said Alauddin A. Alaskary, deputy minister for protocol affairs. Their oath-taking ceremony was attended by top Saudi officials, including Minister of Defense Prince Salman and Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, deputy minister of foreign affairs. Veteran diplomat Saud Al-Sati has been named new ambassador to India while Fahed Al-Rasheed will head the Saudi mission in Kuala Lumpur.
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on the need to restart Middle East peace talks and discussed Iran’s nuclear program.
The victim is believed to have been affected by botulism and an alert was sounded by the Europe’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). “A warning has already been posted on the website of Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) asking consumers in Saudi Arabia to take maximum precautions,” said an SFDA official in Riyadh on Sunday.