A number of ambassadors accredited to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today expressed admiration to the Saudi Aramco Summer Cultural Program, currently in progress at the Exhibition Center in Riyadh. Singaporean ambassador Wing Kookbon said he was most impressed by the children program. The representative of the Japanese ambassador Kinshero Takao noted his country's participation as guest of honor of last year's Janadriyah National Festival for Culture and Heritage, lauding Aramco's commitment to promote social and cultural programs in addition to its traditional economic role. For his part, Ala Al-Deen Al-Askari, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs, said his ministry has managed to organize visits for foreign ambassadors and their wives to oil and gas fields in collaboration with Saudi Aramco. However, he lauded this year's summer cultural program on display by the Saudi giant oil company.
