Category: Politics

Riyadh– The twentieth meeting of the commanders of the ground forces of the armed forces of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was held here today, with the participation of the leaders of the ground forces in the GCC countries and with the participation of the Assistant Secretary-General for Military Affairs Major General Ahmed Ali Hamid Aal-Ali, and a representative of the unified military command.

The participants discussed a number of topics related to the joint GCC military action in the ground forces, and ways to enhance this cooperation in a way that raises the high efficiency of the ground forces of GCC.

This meeting comes within the consultative meetings between the leaders of the ground forces of the GCC states related to the fields of joint military action, which contribute to developing the military capabilities of the ground forces to achieve joint defense integration among the GCC forces.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Davos– Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr Nayef Falah M. Al Hajraf, met here today with President Vahagn Khachaturian of the Republic of Armenia, on the sidelines of their participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

During the meeting, a number of topics of common interest were reviewed, as well as the activities of the World Economic Forum in its current edition.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Cairo– On behalf of Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Minister of Sports, the Deputy Minister of Sports, Badr bin Abdulrahman Al-Qadi, headed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s delegation at the 67th meeting of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers, held today in Cairo, with the participation of the member states of the office and the General Secretariat of the Araba League, in addition to participating in the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Youth and Sports Activities of the Council of Ministers of Youth and Sports in its 42nd session.

The draft agenda of the office included the preparations for the work of the 45th session of the Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers, in light of the recommendations and reports submitted by the youth, sports and financial committees in the council.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), Yasser Al-Mis’hal, met with his Dutch counterpart Just Spee, as part of strengthening international relations, which is one of the seven pillars of the strategy of transforming Saudi football.

During the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Dutch Football Association, they tackled enhancing means of cooperation between the two bodies in the field of developing age groups, women’s football and technological solutions related to modern football, in addition to a set of future opportunities for cooperation.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Davos– Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met here today with President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Masrour Barzani on the sidelines of the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland.

During the meeting, the GCC Secretary General stressed that the GCC states stand by the Republic of Iraq and support its security and stability, based on the fact that the security of Iraq is an integral part of the GCC security. They also reviewed the joint cooperation relations and issues of common interest.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Davos– Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met here today with President of Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden on the sidelines of the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland.

During the meeting, the GCC Secretary General affirmed the GCC interest to strengthen cooperation with the Republic of Tunisia. They also reviewed aspects of joint cooperation in various fields.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Davos– Secretary-General of the the Riyadh-based Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, met here today with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

During the meeting, they tackled aspects of joint cooperation between the two bodies and ways of enhancing them to serve common goals.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– Engineer Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR), met here today with Spanish ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Jorge Hevia.

During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common interest.

Source: Saudi Press Agency