RIYADH - Saudi Arabia, represented by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), signed on Tuesday a financial grant deal for collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in humanitarian work.

The agreement was co-signed by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the Royal Court and general supervisor of KSRelief, and Rashid Khalikov, assistant secretary general of OCHA for humanitarian partnerships with the Middle East and Central Asia.

In a press statement following the signing ceremony, Dr. Al-Rabeeah said that upon directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Saudi Arabia provided a financial grant worth $20 million in support of coordination with OCHA’s activities to alleviate the humanitarian suffering.

“The Saudi grant supports the OCHA humanitarian activities in Yemen and allocates part of it for supporting the OCHA financial costs for humanitarian partnerships with the Middle East and Central Asia,” he said.

The humanitarian aid comes within the Kingdom’s efforts in support of the humanitarian and relief work around the world without discrimination and in response to the UN appeal. -- SG/SPA