Mohammed Safwat Al-Sharif, the Speaker of the Egyptian Shura (Consultative) Council has lauded the significant role being played by the Riyadh-based Naif Arab University for security sciences in strengthening pillars of security in the Arab world. In a message to President the University Dr Abdulaziz al-Ghamidi, after reading the publications issued by the University and extended as a gift to the Library of the Egyptian Shura Council, Dr Al-Sharif said the University has been playing a crucial role in the service of the joint Arab security. The University, with the support of Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister and the Supreme President of the University, has become a pioneering institution in the field of its specialty and a distinguished research center in the perspective of its scientific publications and training activities, said al-Sharif in his message.