Saudi Ambassador to Australia Hassan Talaat Nazer patronized activities of the first conference of the board of directors of Saudi students clubs in Australia and New Zealand. The conference began here yesterday in the presence of the Saudi Cultural Attaché Dr. Ali El-Bishri, the Embassy officers and Cultural Attaché staff. The ambassador inaugurated the conference with an address in which he thanked the government of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud for supporting foreign scholarship programs. He said that the Kingdom and its leadership cherish its Saudi scholarship students and their important role in building bridges of human relations between Saudi Arabia and the Australian and New Zealand peoples. Attaché El-Bishri praised the academic achievements of the Saudi students in Australia and New Zealand. He maintained that the conference should come up with recommendations for proper work strategies. Clubs chairmen thanked the Ambassador and the Cultural Attaché for their continuous interest in the Saudi students in Australia and New Zealand. Workshops on communication and media were held on the sidelines of the conference. At the conclusion of the conference, Ambassador Nazer and the Cultural Attaché held a press briefing highlighting the recommendations made by the conference on issues of interest to the students.