Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf will lead a high-profile Saudi delegation to the G20 leaders’ summit that is set to begin in the Russian city of St.
Saudi Arabia is working to finalize key agreements with four countries, including the United States, on the peaceful use of nuclear power.
The state-owned Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) has enrolled more than 100,000 young Saudi boys and girls for vocational training as part of a comprehensive plan to reduce dependence on foreign workers.
Foreign ministers of the six- nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold consultations with their counterparts from Arab League countries on Syria within the framework of an Arab League ministerial meeting in Cairo on Sunday. The Arab League foreign ministers were due to meet on Sept.3, but moved up the meeting in light of advancing plans for a possible US-led strike on Syria.
Saudi Arabia has renewed its resolve to fight drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and other forms of cross-border crimes
Some Indian expats have started taking personal loans from banks and approached their respective companies for borrowings in a bid to take advantage of a record fall in the value of the Indian rupee against the Saudi riyal. “The Indian rupee touched an all-time low of 16.38 against Saudi riyal and 63.13 against the US dollar on Monday,” said Farid Khan, a local banker.