Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan held separate meetings on Wednesday with ambassadors of the United Kingdom and Chine to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

During his meeting with UK Ambassador to the Kingdom Neil Crompton, aspects of the cultural cooperation between the two countries as well as the ways of developing and strengthening them were exchanged.

Prince Badr and Crompton also discussed the prospects of the cultural exchange between Saudi Arabia and the UK in various cultural fields.

In his meeting with Chinese Ambassador Chen Weiqing, Prince Badr discussed prospects of cultural cooperation between the two countries.

They also discussed ways to enhance the Saudi-Chinese cultural exchange, especially with regard to the announced programs such as the "Prince Mohammed bin Salman Award for Cultural Cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of China", and the Saudi-Chinese Cultural Year initiative.