Under the patronage of the Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz; Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Inspector General for Military affairs opened at King Fahd Cultural center here today the International Conference on "Water Resources and Arid Environment" and the First Arab Water Forum. A speech ceremony was held on this occasion. In his speech, the Secretary General of Prince Sultan International Award for Water and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference of Water, Dr. Abdulmalik Al al-Sheikh delivered a speech thanking the Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for patronizing the Conference, and Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz for opening it. On his part, Egyptian Minister of Water and Irrigation and President of Arab Council for Water, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid valued the auspices of the Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for opening the conference which coincides with Prince Sultan International Award for water. Then the Minister of Water and Electricity Dr. Abdullah Al-Hussein welcomed in his speech Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, appreciating his inauguration of the conference. --More