DiplomaticQuarter: Foreign envoys visit 911 security center in Riyadh

The center organized the visit as part of its programs to introduce envoys to the security services offered to citizens, residents and visitors. (SPA)
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Updated 28 January 2021
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DiplomaticQuarter: Foreign envoys visit 911 security center in Riyadh

RIYADH: Foreign ambassadors accredited to the Kingdom visited the Unified Security Operations Center (911) in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The center organized the visit as part of its programs to introduce envoys to the security services offered to citizens, residents and visitors.
It is one of the most important initiatives implemented by the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the Quality of Life Program, which is part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan.
Brig. Waleed bin Suleiman Al-Towayan, commander of the National Center for Security Operations, welcomed the ambassadors, who were from the Asia-Pacific region.
He briefed them on the center, which is the second in Saudi Arabia. There is also one in the Makkah region.
The center aims to achieve coordination and integration among all security and service authorities through a unified system by exchanging information among the sectors’ leaders, reporting warnings and orders to different administrative levels, and centralizing databases in one place to improve the response rate speed to emergencies.
It serves 22 provinces, in addition to the capital, and has centralized 62 operations rooms under one roof using a unified emergency number.
It specializes in receiving all emergency calls for Public Security, Civil Defense, and Special Forces for Environmental Security in line with international standards to ensure the rapid response of field teams in initiating and following up communications until they are complete.


Saudi Arabia expresses regret over damage to Qatar’s embassy building in Ukraine

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Saudi Arabia expresses regret over damage to Qatar’s embassy building in Ukraine

  • Qatar said that its embassy in the Ukrainian capital was damaged during Russian strikes the night before but that its staff were unharmed

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has expressed regret over damages sustained by the building of Qatar’s embassy in the Ukrainian capital during a Russian attack. 

Qatar said that its embassy in the Ukrainian capital was damaged during Russian strikes the night before but that its staff were unharmed.

The Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement shared on X that the kingdom “expresses its profound regret over the damage sustained by the embassy building of the fraternal State of Qatar due to shelling in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.” 

Saudi Arabia also “renews its supporting position for diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis by peaceful means,” it added. 

The ministry also affirmed the need to provide protection for members of diplomatic missions, and their premises, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.