An agreement was signed here on Thursday on training Saudi youth on automobile technology and maintenance and on providing Saudi-Japanese Higher Automobile Institute with Japanese experts, equipment and technology. The agreement was signed by Assistant Director-General of Automobile Department at Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Maskey Matzoda, and Deputy Governor for Training at Technical and Vocational Training Corporation Dr. Hamad bin Okla Al-Okla and the Institute's Executive Director Salem bin Hassan Al-Asmari. The agreement is one of the fruits of the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Japan in 1998, during which the two sides agreed to establish the first Saudi-Japanese Automobile higher Institute for preparing Saudi cadres for Saudi labor market which needs more than 100,000 specialists in this field. In a statement following the signing ceremony, the Corporation's Governor Dr. Ali bin Nasser Alghufeis commended cooperation existing with the Japanese side in transferring automobile maintenance technology to Saudi youth, also praising the quality of training provided by the Institute as the first non-profitable institute established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
