PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER, PATRONIZED HERE LAST NIGHT THE CEREMONY ORGANIZED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE EASTERN REGION ON THE OCCASION OF EID-AL-FITR. PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN WAS WELCOMED BY PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF THE EASTERN REGION, AND A NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIALS. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHID, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE EASTERN REGION, HIGHLIGHTED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE CHAMBER IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. ON HIS PART, MAYOR OF THE EASTERN REGION ENG. DAIFALLAH AL-OTEIBI HIGHLIGHTED THE PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE EASTERN REGION, AND SAID THEY INCLUDE MORE THAN 200 PROJECTS AT A TOTAL COST OF SR 2 BILLION. HE PRAISED THE EXISTING COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE EASTERN REGION AND THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS. --MORE
