Arab News, Wed, Apr 03, 2024 | Ramadan 24, 1445
Saudi Arabia, UK sign training agreement to strengthen information and research cooperation
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday signed a diplomatic
training agreement with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
The deal was signed by Saudi Deputy Foreign
Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji and Lord Tariq Ahmad, the British minister of state
for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and the UN at the
FCDO, during a remote meeting that was held via video call.
The agreement involves a cooperation program
between the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies at the
Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the FCDO of the UK and Northern
Ireland, the Saudi ministry said in a statement.
Both parties said the program will help establish
and strengthen cooperation in the fields of information, research activities and
training programs.
The parties took the opportunity to discuss the
conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, as well as Saudi-UK cooperation in the field of
development, the FCDO said.
Ahmad said: “Delighted to sign a diplomats’
training agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed
Al-Khuraiji.”
He added in a post on social media platform X: “We
also discussed the need for an immediate stop in fighting in Gaza, with
irreversible steps to a two-state solution, conflict resolution in Sudan, as
well as development cooperation.”