King Salman Receives 57th Annual Report of General Auditing Bureau

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (SPA)
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King Salman Receives 57th Annual Report of General Auditing Bureau

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Tuesday a message from President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, which was delivered by Algerian Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals al-Tayeb Louh at al-Yamamah Palace.

The minister conveyed to the King the greetings of the Algerian President, while the King expressed his greetings to the President.

The audience was attended by Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State and Cabinet's Member Musaed bin Mohammed al-Aiban, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir.

In other news, King Salman received President of General Auditing Bureau Hossam al-Anqari and the accompanying delegation who presented the King with the 57th annual report of General Auditing Bureau for the year 1437/1438 Hijri. The report includes the most important achievements and results of financial auditing and performance control carried out by the Bureau.

The Custodian expressed his thanks to all employees of the General Auditing Bureau for their efforts, wishing them all success in their missions to serve their religion and homeland.

Anqari stated that the strategic plan for the debts which was updated during 1438 Hijri focused on expanding the scope of financial auditing plans and programs, monitoring the performance. He added that the updated plan also enables the departments supervised by Bureau to raise their efficiency in developing and collecting public revenues.

The President of the Bureau said that during the Bureau's participation in international organizations, it maintained a pioneering role in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Reviewing Program. He confirmed that this reflects the importance of Kingdom's leading role represented by General Auditing Bureau within high institutions for international financial auditing and accounting in this important field.

Anqari lauded the Royal Decree to establish a supreme committee chaired by the Crown Prince to fight and eradicate corruption and protect public finances.

The audience was attended by Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir.



Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.

In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.

They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.

The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.

Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.

The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.

Small quakes are a “good sign,” Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.

He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.