Hussein forwarded sincere thanks to and appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, as well as Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Second Deputy Premier, Advisor to and Special Envoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for their interest in and care of the Saudi public and private information sector to enable it to fulfill its duties towards serving the Saudi society in addition to conveying the Kingdom's mission to the world with the utmost transparency and objectivity. He also extended thanks to His Excellency the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SPA, for his continual support for SPA's bid to host this conference, wishing the conference fruitful recommendations that would positively be reflected on upgrading the professionalism of news agencies in all fields.
