February 2010
(WASHINGTON, DC) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted a three-day counterterrorism workshop, which concluded yesterday, entitled the “International Legal Framework for Combating Terrorism and its Financing Workshop.” The conference, organized by the Saudi Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP) in association with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, was attended by more than 76 national, regional and international experts on terrorism, including the head of terrorist investigations at the U.S.
Transcript of Joint Press Conference of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 15, 2010
FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (English text): In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
It is my pleasure to welcome Her Excellency Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of the State, and her accompanying delegation to the Kingdom.
The Minister of Culture and Information today awarded the second private FM radio broadcast license to Extreme Creativity Trade Holdings Limited Company at an amount of SR 66 million ($17.6 million).
(WASHINGTON, DC) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has begun building the first solar-powered water desalination plant, the first step in a three-part program to introduce solar energy into the Kingdom. The program, launched by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), aims to help stabilize future power and water supplies inside Saudi Arabia through the creation of solar-powered desalination facilities.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced in January that it is contributing $5 million to the Cater Center to support the Carter Center's Guinea Worm Eradication Program in Africa. The contribution will be distributed through the Saudi Fund for Development.
The Kingdom has a long record of donations to the Center’s Program, including a $2 million donation made last July.