DR Al-Anqari opens Saudi Cultural Attaché's new Office in London

London, March 31, SPA -- Under the patronage of Prince Mohammed bin
Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom and
Ireland, Minister of Higher Education Dr Khalid al-Anqari will
inaugurate on April 5, 2009, the new building for the Office of the
Cultural Attaché in London.


Speaking on the occasion, Saudi Cultural Attaché in the UK and
Ireland Dr Ghazi Al-Makki said the office of the Cultural Attaché is
planning to enhance its contacts with the educational institutions in
Britain.


He noted that the number of students on scholarships has exceeded
12, 000 while the number of their dependents exceeded 23, 000.


Dr Al-Makki lauded the generous gift of the Custodian of the Two
Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz pertaining to increasing
bursaries of the students by 50 percent, and said this development
would have a positive impact on the students and would ease
sufferings caused by the hike of prices in Britain.


--SPA