Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Fu'ad bin Abdulsalam Alfarsi conferred at his office in Riyadh today with editors-in-chief of Saudi newspapers and magazines on the press coverage of national campaigns against terrorism. The meeting was attended by Prince Turki bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Culture and Information; Dr. Abdullah Aljasser, Undersecretary for Information Affairs; Misfir Almisfir, Supervisor of Internal Information; Dr. Ayedh Alraddadi, Director General of the Saudi Press Agency; Mohammed Alsabbagh, General Supervisor of the minister's office and Hilal Alhilal, Assistant Undersecretary for Planning and Studies. The meeting dealt with the arrangements taken by the Saudi media to conduct press coverage across the country of an anti-terrorism national campaign in the municipalities that coincides with an international conference to combat terrorism, to be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on the 5th of February 2005. Dr. Alfarsi pointed to the role of the press in covering the event in detail and making it available for readers. He lauded the effort exerted by the Saudi press in spreading national awareness and remaining steadfast against terrorism.
