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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at the Royal Court at Al-Yamamah Palace members of the governing body at King Abdulaziz Center of National Dialogue headed by President General of the Grand Mosque and Prophet's Mosque Affairs and Chairman of the 7th National Meeting of intellectual Dialogue Sheikh Salih bin Abdulrahman Al-Hussein; Chairman's Deputies Dr. Rashid Al-Rajeh Al-Sharif; Dr. Abdullah Omar Nassif; Dr. Abdullah bin Salih Al-Obaid, Minister of Education, Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muammar, Advisor at the Royal Court and Secretary General of King Abdulaziz Center of National Dialogue; and participants in the 7th National meeting of Intellectual Dialogue titled "Fields of Work and Employment, Dialogue between Society and Labor Institutions" recently held in Buraidah.

At the outset of the audience, they all listened to a recitation of verses from the Holy Quran.

Addressing the audience, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud delivered the following speech:

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Praise be to God, God's prayer and peace be upon our Prophet Mohammed.

Dear brothers and sisters.

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.

I salute you with the best greetings. Through your means, I salute the meeting, homeland, dialogue and thought; and I feel a great hope in the sons of this homeland of all intellectual orientations adhering to the principles of religion, morality and human feeling in spite of the multiplicity of ideas.

Our era has expanded in the transfer of ideas openly in a way never being witnessed by humanity in its history, will we shy away from them or open our historic house and great heritage to see our noble role and human partnership in the most remarkable values, concepts and responsibilities facing up their moral role with the principles of the Islamic religion.

Therefore, we should exercise our right to history confidently depending on God in every dialogue that serves our Islamic religion and the principles of peace and humanity in this world in accordance with a vision that derives from our world-wide religion.

I pray to God for your permanent success and for preserving every tolerant, free and noble dialogue open to every noble and good horizon.

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you. On their parts, a number of speakers talked about the topic of labor and its problems addressed in the 7th meeting of the National dialogue.

The speakers included President General of the Grand Mosque and Prophet's Mosque Affairs and Chairman of the Meeting Sheikh Salih bin Abdulrahman Al-Hussein; Member of Sharia Jurists Assembly in America, Member of the Assembly's Standing Committee and Saudi Religious Jurists Society Dr. Yosef bin Abdullah Shubaily; Chief of the unit of measurement and control of medicine at King Fahd Center for Medical Research at King Abdulaziz University Dr. Samira Ibrahim Islam; the Chairman of industrial Committee at commercial zone and Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry and member of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the eastern region Salman bin Mohammed Aljashi; Assistant Professor at Faculty of Education at Riyadh University for Girls, member of working group to study the harmonization of output of higher education to labor market Dr. Hissah bint Saif Al-Seif; and Member of Shoura Council, Chairman of the Committee of Economic Affairs and Energy Saleh bin Eid Al-Husseini.

Sheikh Al-Hussein handed over the results of the meeting to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The audience was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the King; Prince Mansour bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the King; Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Advisor to the King; Prince Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud; Minister of Labor Dr. Ghazi bin Abdulrahman Al-Gosaibi; Minister of Civil Service Mohammed Al-Fayiz; Minister of Economy and Planning Khalid Al-Gosaibi; Chief of Royal Court Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri; and a number of officials.

Then the Monarch met with female participants in the 7th National Meeting of Intellectual Dialogue.

The King listened to their views and ideas on the topic of the meeting and topics of concern to women in general.

They expressed their thanks to and appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his interest in every matter that leads to further progress of the homeland and citizens in general and Saudi women in particular and the strengthening of their roles along with their adherence to the teachings of the Islamic religion and good customs and traditions.

The Monarch commended the great role being played by Saudi women and their active and fruitful contributions to the overall progress witnessed by the Kingdom in various fields along with their keenness on adherence to their religion and virtuous morality.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at his Palace in Riyadh Eritrea's President Isaias Afworki. At the outset of the audience, the monarch welcomed the President, wishing him and the accompanying delegation a good stay in the Kingdom.

On his part, the President thanked the King for the warm welcome.

Then, they discussed the events at the regional arena, the prospects of cooperation between the two countries and the ways of their enhancement in all areas.

On the Saudi side, the audience was attended by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister and Nasser Al-Risheidan, Saudi Ambassador to Eritrea.

On the Eritrean side, it was attended by the delegation accompanying the President including Foreign Minister, Othman Saleh Mohammed and a number of officials.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afworki and the accompanying delegation arrived in Riyadh on a visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

At Riyadh Airbase, the President was received by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister; Chargé d'Affaires of the Kingdom's Embassy in Eritrea, Nasser Al-Risheidan; Eritrea's Ambassador to the Kingdom, Mohammed Omar Mahmood; Commander of Riyadh Airbase Major General Mohammed bin Salim Al-Mu'tani and a representative of the Royal Protocol.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz received in Riyadh Norway's foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store and the accompanying delegation.

The minister conveyed the greetings of Norway's leaders to the king who in turn sent his greetings to them. Then, they reviewed a number of topics of common interest.

The audience was attended by Prince Saud Alfaisal, the Foreign Minister, and other officials.

Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz on Sunday disclosed that the Ministry of Interior has signed a contract for the purchase of 30 helicopters that will work in all fields of security at the Ministry of Interior, stating that the aircraft started arrival in the Kingdom.

Regarding the use of technologies at Saudi borders, Prince Naif said," We are on our way to use the best technologies at the borders." In a press statement delivered after patronizing the graduation ceremony of 3,123 graduates in 19 qualifying field security courses for cadets of Public Security Training in Riyadh, Prince Naif said," I am proud of these moments of graduating a number of the nation's youth to serve the homeland and a human being in Saudi Arabia whether a citizen or non-citizen and to achieve security".

Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Interior patronized a graduation ceremony of a number of qualifying courses for cadets at Training City of Public Security in Riyadh and opened the Second Security Exhibition of Public Security.

Upon arrival at the venue, Prince Naif accompanied by Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz was received by Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs; Lieutenant General Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Director of Public Security; and a number of officials.

Prince Naif handed over prizes and certificates to the graduates.

Later, Prince Naif opened the Second Security Exhibition of Public Security and watched its contents.

The graduation and opening ceremony was attended by a number of ministers and officials

Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh region, opened Institute of Prince Ahmad bin Salman for Applied Information.

Upon arrival at the venue, Prince Salman was received by Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal, Prince Dr. Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Institute's Board of Directors, and Prince Faisal bin Ahmad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

The opening ceremony was started with a recitation of verses of the Holy Quran.

Then Prince Dr. Faisal bin Salman delivered a speech in which he asserted that the idea behind the establishment of the Applied Information Institute is to generate more efficiency that will serve various information and publishing sectors.

In a statement after opening the institute, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh region, said that he is happy to see cooperation between the state and its citizens and all press institutions to train citizens on important jobs.

Asked about the very limited number of Saudi newspapers compared to other countries and whether there is a government trend to provide many licenses, he answered that the quality is that matters not the quantity.

Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the governor of Riyadh, received Riyadh Hasbah (General Presidency for The Promotion of Virtue and The Prohibition of Vice) GM Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Shashary in which he delivers a documented report, on behalf of President Sheikh Ibrahim bin Abdullah, on the presidency efforts to fight terrorism.