Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awwad bin Saleh Alawwad has paid a visit to the headquarters of Saudi Journalists Association (SJA) here during which he met with the Association's Chairman of the Board of Directors and the editors in chief of local newspapers. At the outset of the meeting, the Chairman of the SJA Board of Directors Khalid Al-Malik delivered a speech in which he congratulated on behalf of the members of the Board and the editors in chief of the local newspapers Dr. Alawwad on the occasion of the issuing of the Royal Decree appointing him as Minister of Culture and Information, expressing his thanks and appreciation to the Minister for his attendance and meeting with the editors in chief of local newspapers. --More 16:35 LOCAL TIME 13:35 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1621104