“The three new ambassadors, Faisal H. Trad, Saleh Mohammed Al-Ghamdi and Khaled Musaed Al-Anqari, are veterans with exceptional records of integrity, service and achievements,” said Osama Nugali, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Riyadh on Saturday.
Top officials in Saudi Arabia including Shoura members, heads of Islamic organizations and academics lent their support Monday to the call made by the king to stop the bloodshed in Syria and initiate necessary reforms to ensure peace in the strife-torn country. “Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost the legitimacy to rule,” said Hamza Khoshain, a member of the Shoura Council, in Riyadh on Monday. “King Abdullah has sent a clear message to the Syrian regime by recalling the Saudi ambassador for consultations and by asking Damascus to rectify the situation as soon as possible.”
On the advice of his doctors, Saleh will remain in the Saudi capital for some time to recuperate and for further medical consultations before he returns to his strife-torn country, his aides said.
The iconic tower, dubbed as the “Kingdom Tower,” will be over 1,000 meters high, and the construction of this landmark structure overlooking the Red Sea and Obhur Creek will finish within five years and three months.Addressing a press conference at the KHC headquarters here, Prince Alwaleed said “the project symbolizes the growing business confidence in Saudi Arabia under the wise leadership of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Egypt have decided to launch fresh studies to build a gigantic 32-km bridge linking the two countries in a renewed bid to forge closer ties and boost bilateral trade and investment.
The Ministry of Labor has vowed to implement a plan to replace male clerks at various types of shops, preferably with Saudi women, as well as to offer job opportunities at grocery checkout lanes. But it is unclear if the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) would stand idle when it comes to women working in any commercial service that isn’t explicitly for women only.