Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Ankari opened here today the new Saudi Cultural Department building in the UK. They also launched the new e-Transactions system which connects the department to the Ministry of Higher Education. Then, a speech was given by Prince Mohammed in which he stressed the Kingdom's wise policy in encouraging higher education. He also commended King Abdullah Scholarship Program which supervised the sending of more than 14, 000 scholarship students to Britain. The launching was attended by Director of King Saud University Dr. Abdullah Al Othman, Director of Najran University Dr. Mohammed Al Hassan, Director of King Faisal University Dr. Yousif Al Jindan, Director of Hail University Dr. Ahmed Al Saif as well as KSU vice Rector for Knowledge Exchange and Technology Transfer Dr. Ali Al Ghamdi.