SOUTHERN SAYAHAD – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman patronized here on Saturday the closing ceremony of the 3rd King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, Saudi Press Agency said.

Towards the end of the ceremony, the Monarch distributed the prizes to the winners of the King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest and the King Abdulaziz Camel Race.

On arrival at the venue of the ceremony, King Slman was received by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier, minister of defense and supervisor general of the Camel Club; Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulrahman, deputy emir of Riyadh Region; Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif, minister of the interior, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Camel Club Fahd Bin Falah Bin Hathlin.

Then the King received, in the presence of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait; Kyrgyz Premier Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev; Sheikh Hamdan Bin Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince; Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of the Bahraini monarch; Sheikh Sultan Bin Suhaim Al Thani; Omani Minister of Sports Affairs Sheikh Saad Mohammed Al-Saadi and Mauritanian Minister of Culture and Traditional Industries and the official spokesman of the government Sayed Mohammed Ould Mohammed.

The royal audience was also attended by Prince Faisal Bin Bandar, emir of Riyadh Region; Prince Turki Bin Fahd, minister of state and Cabinet member, Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulrahman, deputy emir of Riyadh Region and Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif, minister of interior. –SPA