US partnership for development projects in the Kingdom.
In 1971, the late King Faisal met with US President Richard Nixon in Washington and in 1974, the joint Saudi-US Economic Committee was established.
King Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited (...)
US rapprochement was further boosted by the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the United States in 2005, when he was crown prince.
In 2008, President George W. Bush paid two visits to the kingdom (...)
Assad and the terrorists at the time."
With regard to the Middle East, he said that France supports the Arab Peace Initiative which was introduced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the year 2002 AD, looking forward to working together to revitalize (...)
Areedh affirmed that the security in Tunisia is gradually improving, citing that protests in a number of areas have scaled down due to that fact that demands of the public have been met and the conscience of political parties and the public have (...)
Palestinian relations, Palestinian institution-building, the difficult economic situation and the outlook for the negotiations with Israel, according to an EU press release issued after the meeting.
“The High Representative reiterated the EU's (...)
The weather is warming up across the Kingdom, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) reported Wednesday.
The rise in temperature will be accompanied by active surface winds that will raise dust and affect vertical visibility in the (...)
Dr. Shuwaish Bin Saud Al-Dhuwaihi, Minister of Housing, said he is ready to be held accountable if housing plans are not implemented, but that accountability depends on the availability of land.
“The ministry is ready to implement all plans and (...)
Saudi Aramco has reported Wednesday the start-up of the Karan offshore gas field.
The first gas from Karan - the company's first offshore non-associated gas field project - started flowing earlier this month and is being transported by subsea (...)
by electricity generators with a capacity of 10 megawatts. It works on SCADA system, which enables to control and monitor all phases of the project starting from the pumping of water from the well to the final stages of packing. The project also (...)
Faisal, the Governor of Makkah Province, who is also Chairman of Hajj Central Committee, in the presence of members of the Committee and the Commission of Makkah Province Development. I was briefed on the great projects to be executed in Makkah at (...)
year plan, which is founded on our proven ability to reliably dispatch water and power,” he said.
The company has a goal of expanding its portfolio of projects to 30,000 megawatts of electricity and five million cubic meters of desalinated water (...)
existence and cooperation among different nations, said Dr al-Turki adding that Terry Jones is, in fact, proceeding ahead in an entirely opposite direction.
Dr Al-Turki urged the Islamic organizations and societies in the US, notably The Council on (...)
Some 1,000 volunteers are expected to take part in the seven-day national environment awareness campaign starting here Sunday to observe Met and Earth Day 2010.
The Saudi Environment Society will participate in the events to be organized by the (...)
A Victorian tunnel under the River Thames, which was hailed in its day as the eighth wonder of the world, has opened to the public for two days for the first time in 145 years.
The Thames tunnel, which connects Rotherhithe and Wapping, was built (...)
Prince Misha'l Bin Majed, Governor of Jeddah, has promised severe punishment for those who are found to have intentionally harmed the historic area of Old Jeddah.
He said that directives have been issued in this regard.
The governor was speaking (...)
deep rivers in the streets of Tabuk, Monday. Rains struck first on Sunday flooding large areas of the city and bringing traffic to a halt and turning several districts into lakes of rainwater. “We were unable to get our children to school,” said (...)
operation in cultural domains.
The two sides then signed an Executive Programme for the Cultural, Health and Media cooperation between the governments of Oman and China.
The meetings and pact signing ceremonies were attended by Sheikh (...)
conditioning system backed by water sprinklers that can reduce
temperature to about 29 degrees.
A number of side projects that have also been accomplished included the re-organization of the Bridge premises and facilitating access to the bridge (...)
effective way. This suggests that addressing GHG emissions and other environmental concerns should be through appropriate technology dissemination. There is a strong need for effective development and transfer of environmentally safe and sound (...)
Basty, who at the outset of the meeting, welcomed the visit of Minister Iyad Madani to Tunisia, noting the depth of the Tunisian-Saudi relationships and the existing cultural cooperation between the two countries.
At the outset of the meeting, the (...)
bed hospital; a housing area for staff, families and students with public facilities including mosques, schools and other recreational installations and a transportation system.
Then, Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Ala'nqari, Minister of Higher Education, (...)
Pistorius holds the 400 meters Paralympic world record of 46.56 seconds, but that time is outside the Olympic qualifying standard of 45.55. His training has also been disrupted by the appeal process. Even if Pistorius fails to get the qualifying (...)
Oil Corp., GS Caltex Corp., and SK Corp. The visits were coordinated by Saudi Petroleum Ltd.-Tokyo, which is responsible for Saudi Aramco's sales and marketing support activities in both countries.
The visit consisted of tours of bulk plants, (...)
strategic situation of the region with special reference to Afghanistan.
Rasool told the UK defense delegation that Pakistan was committed to promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
He said that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was not only (...)
up of
President Pervez Musharraf's October 18 announcement that Pakistan was ready
to open the Line of Control to allow two-way movement of Kashmiris in the
wake of the devastating earthquake.
The Pakistan delegation was headed by Syed Ibne (...)