Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, will patronize on Monday the awarding ceremony of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water. The prize is awarded every two years to scientists, innovators, and scientific and applied institutions interested in studies of water around the world in recognition of their scientific achievements in this field. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Supervisor of Prince Sultan Research Institute for Environment, Water and Desert at King Saud University, and the Prize's Secretary General Dr. Abdul-Malik bin Abdulrahman Al Al-Sheikh, has expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Crown Prince for patronizing the ceremony, noting that the Prize is an international one granted in five areas of research related to water studies in the world, and this year's prize was awarded to researchers from the United States, Spain, and Greece.
