Saudi Gazette report

WASHINGTON — Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Swaha met in Washington with a number of Saudi male and female students sent for training and education in the United States.

The meeting comes on the sidelines of the tour undertaken by a delegation of the digital economy, innovation and space system to the US.

The Saudi minister congratulated the students on Saudi Arabia’s victory in hosting Expo 2030 in Riyadh, stressing that the fact that Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman was personally overseeing this file and other transformative development and economic files represented an important lesson in leadership and ambition.

He also expressed his pride in the nation’s delegated ambassadors, clarifying the importance of their role in enhancing Saudi Arabia's competitiveness through excellence in the fields of science, engineering, technology, and space science.

"The young men and women are the basic pillars for achieving the Kingdom’s ambition," he said.