PRESIDED OVER BY ITS CHAIRMAN DR. SALIH BIN ABDULLAH BIN HOMAID, THE SHOURA COUNCIL HELD ITS 19TH ORDINARY SESSION IN RIYADH TODAY. IN A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING, AHMED BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-YAHYA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL, SAID THE COUNCIL COMPLETED ITS DISCUSSION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, NOTING THAT THE STRATEGY STATES THAT THE KINGDOM IS TARGETED BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND SMUGGLERS. HE ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON A REPORT OF THE COUNCIL'S DELEGATION VISIT TO ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY LAST WEEK.
