The Riyadh-based King Saud University (KSU) has added another milestone to its logbook of achievements by winning 19 prestigious medals and prizes in the “International Exhibition of Inventions in Switzerland.” The KSU bagged several gold medals for its innovations at the Geneva exhibition, an internationally acclaimed event for scientists and inventors, organized by the Swiss federal government and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
“Qattan, who was recalled by Saudi Arabia following unjustified protests and security threats to Saudi Embassy officials in Cairo during the last few weeks, has returned to the country,” confirmed Osama Nugali, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, in Riyadh yesterday.
Prince Saud called on the Gulf governments to move to “a phase of union with full integration of key affairs to give greater impetus and strength to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).”
The abduction case took a new turn after Mishaal Mohammed Rasheed Al-Shodoukhi, who was named on a list of fugitive Al-Qaeda militants by the Saudi authorities in 2009, made a phone call to the Saudi Embassy in Sanaa and demanded the release of some prisoners. Major General Mansour Al-Turki, a spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said in Riyadh yesterday:
The fate of Saudi deputy consul Abdullah Al- Khalidi is still unclear following his kidnapping in Yemen due to the silence of Yemeni authorities and various rumors circulating in the country’s media.
Riyadh has already granted SR897 million to rehabilitate the Azraq Road in the country, while a Saudi delegation will visit Amman soon to discuss potential areas of cooperation and the possibility of rehabilitating the Maan-Mudawara Road of Jordan with Saudi financial support. “On the other hand, Riyadh and Amman have also pledged to cement their ties and push forward their cooperation in the tourism sector,” said Nayef H. Al-Fayez, Jordanian minister of tourism and antiquities, in Riyadh on Sunday night.