Arab News, Tuesday, Mar 07, 2023 | Sha'ban 15, 1444
Saudi aid agency chief meets new GCC head in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia:
Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser to the Saudi Royal
Court and supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief
Center, met the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Secretary-General Jassem Mohamed
Albudaiwi at KSrelief’s headquarters in Riyadh on Monday.
Al-Rabeeah congratulated Albudaiwi on assuming his
duties as secretary-general of the GCC, wishing him further success in his
career. He also briefed Albudaiwi on the humanitarian and relief projects and
programs offered by the Kingdom through the center to many needy and affected
countries.
He explained that KSrelief has helped 90 countries
through 2,286 projects with a value of over $6 billion in cooperation with 175
international, regional, and local partners that include various relief and
humanitarian sectors.
Albudaiwi praised the pioneering Saudi efforts
under the directives of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in
providing all aspects of relief and humanitarian support to the 90 countries,
which reflects Saudi Arabia’s approach of extending a helping hand to the needy
around the world by providing assistance with accurate monitoring mechanisms and
advanced transportation methods, directly or via partnerships with UN
organizations and international and local NGOs.
During the meeting, the two parties discussed many
issues of common concern, including strengthening cooperation between KSrelief
and the GCC General Secretariat through the Gulf Aid Coordination Office, over
humanitarian relief projects provided by the GCC countries to Yemen