Minister of Culture and Information and Chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Press Agency Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohiuddin Khojah will open the 41st Conference of the General Assembly of the Federation of Arab News Agencies hosted by the Saudi Press Agency on Sunday in the city of Riyadh. The two-day conference will discuss a number of topics concerning the work of the federation. In a press statement, President of the Saudi Press Agency Mr. Abdullah Bin Fahad Al-Hussein welcomed the presidents, managers and representatives of Arab news agencies highlighting the great importance of the conference. He underlined the fact that the conference coincides with the convening of the fourth international conference of news agencies in the world hosted by the Kingdom next Monday for three days. In this regard, he stressed the need for the active participation of the Arab news agencies in the works of the international conference. He highlighted the federation's achievements in boosting effective cooperation among Arab news agencies and the programs and activities the federation has carried out, stressing the kingdom's support for the federation as part of its support for joint Arab action. He pointed out that the General Assembly of the federation will study media topics concerning Arab cooperation; training and development of manpower; improvement of the performance of Arab news agencies; keeping up with developments in media; cooperation between the Arab news agencies and their regional and international counterparts; and a number of administrative, financial and regulatory matters, wishing success for the federation and good results for the conference.
