ON BEHALF OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SALINE WATER CONVERSION GENERAL CORPORATION ENG. ABDULLAH BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-HUSSEIN INAUGURATED HERE TODAY WATER DESALINATION CONFERENCE OF ARAB COUNTRIES. A SPEECH CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THIS OCCASION. ADDRESSING THE CONFERENCE, ENG. AL-HUSSEIN SAID THE CONFERENCE IS HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE KING IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER DESALINATION INDUSTRY AND THE GROWING NEED FOR THIS INDUSTRY IN MOST ARAB COUNTRIES. HE POINTED OUT THAT DESALINATION OF SEA WATER HAS BECOME A STRATEGIC OPTION FOR MANY COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, NOTING THAT SALINE WATER CONVERSION GENERAL CORPORATION HAS BECOME THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF DESALINATED WATER IN THE WORLD, HAS RANKED AMONG TOP REFERENCE BODIES IN THE WORLD AND HAS WON VARIOUS AWARDS AND MERIT CERTIFICATES IN APPRECIATION OF ITS EFFORTS IN THE INDUSTRY OF SEA WATER DESALINATION. THEN THE MINISTER INAUGURATED AN EXHIBITION HELD ON THE FRINGES OF THE CONFERENCE.
