RIYADH: Saudi Housing Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail received in Riyadh on Thursday South Korea’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kim Hyun-Mee and his accompanying delegation.
The meeting was attended Jo Byoung Wook, South Korea’s ambassador to the Kingdom, Prince Saud bin Talal, advisor to Al-Hogail, and other Housing Ministry officials.
The two sides reviewed strategies for urban planning, smart cities and infrastructure development.
They also discussed using the latest technology for construction, exchanging knowledge and cooperation.
Al-Hogail praised the excellent relations between the two countries, and Kim wished Saudi Arabia increased progress and prosperity.
Mohammed bin Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri — economy and planning minister, and chairman of the Saudi-Korean Committee 2030 — also met with Kim.
They discussed opportunities for cooperation in the fields of infrastructure and smart cities within the framework of the Saudi-Korean Vision 2030.
Saudi and Korean ministers discuss urban planning
Saudi and Korean ministers discuss urban planning
- Al-Hogail praised the excellent relations between the two countries
Saudi Foreign Ministry: Israel's decision on the West Bank undermines efforts to achieve peace and stability
Saudi Arabia condemned Israel's decision to take control of parts of the West Bank, warning the move would undermine efforts to achieve peace and stability, in a statement by the Foreign Ministry on X.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to rename the West Bank as “State Lands,” affiliated with the occupation authorities, as part of plans aimed at imposing a new legal and administrative reality in the occupied West Bank, and undermining the ongoing efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region," the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The Ministry said Israel had no right over Palestinian territories and was undermining the two state solution, reafirming the kingdoms support for a independent Palestinain State.
Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, in a move Palestinians called “a de-facto annexation.” The move has been widely crticised by Arab countries including Qatar, Egypt and Jordan.
#بيان | تُعرب وزارة الخارجية عن إدانة المملكة العربية السعودية قرار سلطات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي بتحويل أراضي الضفة الغربية إلى ما تسميه "أملاك دولة" تابعة لسلطات الاحتلال، في مخططات تهدف إلى فرض واقع قانوني وإداري جديد في الضفة الغربية المحتلة، وتقوض الجهود الجارية لتحقيق السلام… pic.twitter.com/clcdhdMDvf
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