KSrelief, UK Sign Agreement to Support People Affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition in Somalia

The agreement is signed at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
The agreement is signed at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
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KSrelief, UK Sign Agreement to Support People Affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition in Somalia

The agreement is signed at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
The agreement is signed at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

Advisor at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and United Kingdom (UK) Minister of State for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell signed on Monday a joint cooperation agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to support multisectoral actions to combat severe acute malnutrition in Somalia.

KSrelief and the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will contribute $2.5 million each.

The $5 million agreement, which was signed at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh, aims to provide access to nutrition, water, and hygiene services in 15 high-risk areas across six sectors in Somalia, benefiting 101,000 Somali children.

The agreement comes within the framework of joint humanitarian and relief projects between Saudi Arabia and the UK FCDO to alleviate the suffering of the Somali people.



Saudi Chief of Staff Chairs Saudi-Turkish Military Committee Meeting

A view of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (SPA)
A view of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (SPA)
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Saudi Chief of Staff Chairs Saudi-Turkish Military Committee Meeting

A view of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (SPA)
A view of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (SPA)

The Saudi-Turkish Joint Military Committee held its sixth meeting in the Turkish capital, Ankara, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday.

The meeting was chaired by Saudi Chief of General Staff Lieutenant-General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili and Turkish Chief of General Staff General Metin Gürak.

The officials discussed ways to boost cooperation and coordination between their countries in the defense and military sectors, as well as several other issues of common concern.

The meeting was attended by several high-ranking officers from the Saudi and Turkish armed forces.

Al-Ruwaili also held a meeting with Turkish Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler for talks on bilateral relations and areas of defense cooperation.