Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has approved fixing the exchange rate for salaries and allowances of civil servants, housing allowances and tuition fees for Saudi students, sons and wives as well as any other compensations concerning Saudi employees and salaries of workers at Saudi missions in some countries affected by the fluctuation of the exchange rate of Saudi riyal against other currencies. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency, Prince Khalid Bin Saud Bin Khalid, the Saudi Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary, said that concerned departments of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been instructed to begin implementation of this decree. He pointed out that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Alfaisal thanked the Saudi leadership for the care given to citizens inside and outside the Kingdom.
