RIYADH: Six ambassadors to Saudi Arabia on Saturday visited the International Saudi Falcons and Hunting Exhibition organized by the Saudi Falcons Club at its headquarters in Malham, north of Riyadh.

They included the UAE’s Ambassador Sheikh Nahyan bin Saif Al-Nahyan, Qatar’s Ambassador Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, Algeria’s Ambassador Mohammed Ali Boughazi, Tajikistan’s Ambassador Akram Karimi, Spain’s Ambassador Jorge Hevia and South Africa’s Ambassador Mogobo David Magabe.

The ambassadors toured the exhibition, which includes more than 25 pavilions. They were briefed on the Saudi Falcons Club’s efforts to preserve Saudi cultural heritage, raise environmental awareness and ensure the continuation of falconry as a hobby.

The ambassadors were also briefed on the area designated for falcon farms, where an international auction was held in conjunction with the exhibition, with the participation of over 40 leading farms from 17 countries.

They were also given a tour of the arms pavilion, which includes seven Saudi companies representing 55 international brands, as well as the Shaleel Digital Museum, the local market and several other exhibitions in photography, cooking and plastic arts.

Earlier, Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Portuguese Ambassador Nuno Matias, Japanese Ambassador Fumio Iwai and South Korean Ambassador Park Joon-yong also visited the exhibition.

This year, the exhibition also hosted Jordan’s Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature for the first time. The pavilion showcased Jordanian methods of regulating hunting and training falcons with the aim of informing visitors on the society’s objectives in raising environmental awareness and protecting falcons from overhunting.

The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority also participated in the exhibition to highlight the importance of falcons’ role in maintaining ecological balance and introduce visitors to the reserve’s antiquities, terrain and vegetation cover.