Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, engineer Abdullatif bin Abdul Malik Al Al-Sheikh has expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the leader of the development march, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for his patronage of the 1st Urban Planning Forum, which will be held on March 29-31, 2016 in Riyadh under the title "Modern Trends in Urban Planning Towards Prosperous Cities". In a press statement, he said that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' patronage of the forum confirms the support, care and attention accorded to the municipal sector to serve the citizen throughout the Kingdom, being the core of the development and a partner in the advancement of the cities.