Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel Zaid Altoraifi will open on Wednesday Riyadh International Book Fair 2015. The event is organized by the ministry during the period from 13 to 23 this month. The Minister of Culture and Information thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his patronage of the event and for support for intellectuals and those interested in the literary and cultural affairs. The minister said that the number of publishing houses participating this year is 915 from 29 Arab and foreign countries. The ten-day exhibition's area is 23,000 square meters. The minister welcomed the event's guest of honor, the Republic of Africa.
