JEDDAH: Saudi engineers have completed an industrial training program organized jointly by the Kingdom and Japan as part of a long-term strategic partnership between the two countries.
About 100 engineers from 25 companies took part in two intensive training sessions in Riyadh and Dammam.
The Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources planned the program together with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and organizations including the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME).
Khalid Al-Salem, the ministry’s undersecretary, awarded completion certificates to the engineers in the presence of Sitso Amori, deputy chief of the Japanese mission, and Abdul Karim Tomioka, JCCME acting president in Saudi Arabia.
Japan joins Saudi Arabia to lift engineers’ skills
Japan joins Saudi Arabia to lift engineers’ skills
- About 100 engineers from 25 companies took part in two intensive training sessions in Riyadh and Dammam
Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement between Syrian Democratic Forces and Syria state
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed an agreement between the Syrian state and Syrian Democratic Forces.
In a foreign ministry statement early on Monday, the Kingdom said it had welcomed an deal between Damascus and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces that was announced by the Syrian government on Sunday.
The agreement entails merging all SDF forces into the defense and interior ministries and means that Kurdish forces will redeploy to east of the Euphrates river.
The 14-point deal would also see the immediate administrative and military handover of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa governorates.
The Syrian state would regain control of all border crossings, oil fields, and gas fields in the region, with protection secured by regular forces to ensure the return of resources to the Syrian government, while considering the special case of Kurdish areas, the state news agency SANA reported.
The ceasefire comes after intense fighting between the SDF and government troops in Aleppo. But SDF troops have now pulled back from there and the Syrian army now controls most areas east of Aleppo.
The Saudi foreign ministry statement also thanked the US for the agreement. Washington is believed to have supported brokering the ceasefire between allies SDF and the Syrian government, who they have also backed diplomatically since the fall of long-time dictator Bashar Assad.
The Syrian state announced on Friday a raft of new directives to recognize Syrian Kurds, including making their language official and bolstering other rights for the minority group.
