Alauddin Alaskary, deputy foreign minister for protocol affairs, has denied media reports the Saudi Embassy in Yemen was closed and subsequently reopened. He said the Kingdom only closed down its consulate in the Yemeni port city of Aden and its consular section in Sanaa following the abduction of Saudi diplomat Abdullah Al-Khaldi on March 28 this year.
King Saud University (KSU) has taken the lead in the Kingdom in treating obesity, which kills around 20,000 people every year. KSU’s obesity chair, which treated about 900 cases in one year, has a world-class team of experts and used the revolutionary laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) surgical procedure to help people with the condition.
The Saudi government has undertaken SR 20 billion worth of water projects as part of its ambitious plan to ensure a sustainable future water supply in different regions of the Kingdom.
A special plane carrying foreign diplomats will take off from the royal terminal of Riyadh’s King Khaled International Airport for Jeddah today to allow them to offer in person their condolences on the death of Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior.
A book of condolence for diplomats will be opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the death of Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, said Alauddin A. Alaskary, deputy minister for protocol affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, here yesterday.
Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to promote the use of Arabic language among expatriates in a bid to spread Arab culture. “The plan is to interact with students of different nationalities currently enrolled in various foreign schools of the Kingdom,” said Gumaan S. Alkahtani, general manager of the Riyadh-based Arab Institute for Arabic Language (ARABI), here yesterday.
As part of an ambitious plan to ensure food security, the Kingdom has intensified efforts to modernize its fishery sector with an aim to promote the sustainable productivity of local fish stocks.
A major celebration was organized in Riyadh yesterday to mark the completion of the first phase of the Kingdom’s Yesser e-government program and the launch of the same initiative’s second phase for 2012 to 2016.
The Saudi Airlines Catering Company’s initial public offering (IPO) has received a “good response” from investors and businessmen, said Khaled A. Al-Molhem, director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia).
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal held wide-ranging talks with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Kamel Amr in Jeddah yesterday. The talks focused on ways and means “to bolster bilateral relations, key regional developments, and efforts to ensure normalcy, peace and security in the region as a whole,” said an Egyptian diplomat.