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Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st Globally Among Donors in Offering Development Assistance in 2021

Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st Globally Among Donors in Offering Development Assistance in 2021
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Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st Globally Among Donors in Offering Development Assistance in 2021

Saudi Arabia Ranks 1st Globally Among Donors in Offering Development Assistance in 2021

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah said Saudi Arabia ranked first among donor states in offering official development assistance to low and medium income countries with a total of SAR26.71 billion (around $7.12 billion), according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data.

Data published by OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) showed the official development assistance offered by donor countries in 2021.

Al Rabeeah noted that this assistance constitutes 1.05% of the Kingdom’s gross national income, saying by this proportion Saudi Arabia has topped the donor countries and surpassed the target approved by the United Nations General Assembly in October 1970 that donor countries should allocate a 0.7% of their gross national income as official development assistance while seeking innovative sources of financing development in developing countries.

He noted that KSrelief is exerting relentless efforts to register the Kingdom’s humanitarian and development assistance in the Saudi Aid Platform launched by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 2018, where assistance is documented in cooperation with relevant ministries and departments to highlight Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian and development identity.

The supervisor general also expressed appreciation for the great efforts of such agencies in documenting and recording the assistance provided by the Kingdom to the peoples and countries of the world through international platforms in accordance with internationally approved standards.

He said that the directives of King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, “have contributed to this big achievement that put the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the top of international humanitarian action.”

He noted that Saudi Arabia, throughout its history, has always been a supporter for the needy wherever they are, and that it will continue to play this role.

Al Rabeeah extended his appreciation and gratitude to the wise leadership for its unlimited support and big concern for humanitarian action, which allowed the Kingdom to assume a prestigious global status in this field.

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Taiwan’s Representative to Saudi Arabia: 260,000 Pagers Exported in Two Years

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Taiwan’s Representative to Saudi Arabia: 260,000 Pagers Exported in Two Years

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Taiwan is investigating who is responsible for modifying the pagers that were turned into explosives in the hands of the Lebanese people, including members of Hezbollah.

Taiwan’s representative to Saudi Arabia Samee Chang told Asharq Al-Awsat that 260,000 pagers were exported from his country between 2022 and 2024, and 16 percent of them were sent to the United States and Europe.

He expressed his regret that the pagers were planted with explosives that were used in the attack in Lebanon last month, clarifying that the devices were not directly exported from Taiwan to Lebanon.

He explained that the components of the device are made of material that is not liable to explode.

Apollo Gold, the Taiwanese company that exported the pagers between 2022 and 2024, has never received any complaints that its devices have caused harm or exploded.

The attack in Lebanon has raised several questions and they are being probed by authorities in Taiwan, he went on to say.

One thing is for certain, the devices were not harmful in the shape they were exported from the country, stressed Chang.

Asked about whether the attack may harm Taiwan’s economy, he replied that his country’s industry sector has a strong reputation that will be difficult to undermine given the trust it has from clients.

The size of the sector and Taiwan’s investments cannot be measured by a small number of pagers, as they only make up a mere fraction in the country’s trade relations with countries all over the world, he stressed.

Separately, Chang revealed that Taiwan was considering cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the chip industry, saying he was optimistic over the broad potential for cooperation in the technology sector.

There are no limits to the cooperation between them, he added.

Taiwan constantly wants to maintain the relations and discuss opportunities for joint investments, he stated.

Taiwan was among the first countries to leap to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in all fields to help the Kingdom achieve its Vision 2030 that is spearheaded by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Chang said.