Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, the Governor of Assir Region and Chairman of Touristic Activation Committee will patronize here on Monday the inaugural ceremony of the International Friendship 8th Football Tournament on the cup of Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal. The ceremony will be attended by Prince Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee and Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz, Vice Governor of Assir Region. Ten local, Arab and international teams including five from the Kingdom will take part in the tournament. The other teams are from Tunisia, Morocco, Japan, South Africa, and America. On this occasion, Prince Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal expressed his thanks to Prince Khalid Al-Faisal for his continual patronization of this tournament and to Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz; Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the General President of Youth Welfare and his deputy Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz for their interest in and support for the tournament. On his part, Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, expressed Kingdom's pride in hosting this tournament for the eight consecutive time, praising its positive effects on the Saudi sports in general. Meanwhile, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, expressed his confidence in the continual success of this tournament because it has a great interest at local and international arenas.