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King: Saudi Arabia's Environmental Policies Support Sustainable Development
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 08 - 03 - 2010

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz has affirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been keen in its environmental policies on adopting the concept of sustainable development and deepening it at all levels to ensure effective participation of all strata of society in the efforts to protect the environment and conserve its resources.
In his speech, which was read by Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, General President of Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) at Gulf International Forum and Exhibition of Environment and Sustainable Development here Sunday evening, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz said the Kingdom has set national legislations, strategies and plans to achieve these policies and mobilized all human and material resources backed by technical equipment to confront harming the components of environment and its sensitive balances.
The Forum and the Exhibition, held under the patronage of the King, was inaugurated by Prince Turki bin Nasser and are supervised by the PME and organized by Ozone International for Exhibitions and Conferences.
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