A total of 100 Saudi women have signed training contracts for employment in hospitality and tourism sector. They would work as cooks, waitresses and cashiers for salaries ranging between SR3,000 to SR6,000 in addition to commissions, local Arabic daily Al-Watan reported Tuesday.
During the training period, which will extend from six months to a year, each woman will receive a monthly salary of SR1,000 from the Social Charity Fund.
Director of the fund Adil Farahat said the women and also 250 men signed the contracts Monday at Mursal entertainment village in Jeddah. “The contracts make it imperative to employ these young people on completion of training,” he explained.
According to Farahat, the agreement was the first of its kind in the Kingdom. “This was also the first time women were given a license to work in the tourism sector,” said. He explained that the licenses were accorded by the International Saudi Academy. He said the women would join Lailaty Ballroom to run events for women, substituting foreign employees.
Farahat said the door is wide open for Saudi youth to apply for jobs in tourism, adding that Makkah alone needs 25,000 employees at hotels.
100 Saudi women sign training contracts for jobs in hospitality sector
100 Saudi women sign training contracts for jobs in hospitality sector
Iranian ambassador thanks Saudi for not allowing territory to be used during war
- Alireza Enayati tells AFP Iran appreciates Kingdom's pledge not to allow its 'airspace, waters, or territory' to be used in US attacks
- Envoy also denies that his country hit the US embassy in Riyadh this week with drones
RIYADH: Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alireza Enayati said on Thursday his country remained appreciative of Saudi Arabia’s pledge to not allow its airspace or territory to be used during the ongoing war with the US and Israel.
“We appreciate what we have repeatedly heard from Saudi Arabia — that it does not allow its airspace, waters, or territory to be used against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he told AFP.
Before the outbreak of war, Riyadh had thrown its support behind diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions between Tehran and Washington and vowed that its airspace would not be allowed to be used for attacks against Iran.
Enayati also categorically denied that his country hit the US embassy in Riyadh this week, after Saudi officials said Iran targeted the compound with drones.
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly accused Tehran of launching missile salvos and drone attacks at its territory and warned that the kingdom reserved the right to defend itself, including by retaliating.
Iran had earlier denied attacking the sprawling Ras Tanura refinery — one of the largest in the Middle East — which Riyadh had also accused Tehran of targeting twice with drones.
Enayati added to the denial, saying Iran also had no hand in the targeting of the US embassy that triggered a fire at the compound.
“We confirmed that Iran has no role in the attack on the US embassy in Riyadh,” the ambassador told AFP.
“If the operations command in Tehran attacks somewhere, it takes responsibility for it.”
The war in the Middle East has engulfed the otherwise stable Gulf region as Iran retaliates over US and Israeli strikes that killed its supreme leader, launching strikes at Israel, the wider region and beyond.
At least 13 people have been killed in the Gulf, including seven civilians, since Iran began its attacks on Saturday.
Enayati, however, denied that Iran was waging a regional war as retaliation for the attacks on his country by the US and Israel.
“This is not a regional war and it is not our war. It was imposed on the region,” he told AFP.
