Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, the Governor of Makkah Region, Director General of King Faisal Charitable Foundation, and President of King Faisal International Prize Panel expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, for their support for King Faisal Charitable Foundation and King Faisal International Prize. In a press conference here last night following a dinner held in honor of members of Prize Selection Committees, the Prince said that the Prize pays great attention to science and culture, expressing his pride of the Kingdom's interest in this good trend. Then the Secretary General of King Faisal International Prize, Dr. Abdullah Al-Saleh Al-Othaimeen read a statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Prize announcing the winners of the Prize for 2009. --More
