Riyadh, January 17th – During a simple and symbolic ceremony, a Cooperation Program between “Raúl Roa García” Higher Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba and Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia was signed here.
On the Cuban side, the Ambassador to the Kingdom, Vladimir Gonzalez Quesada, signed the document, while on the Saudi side it was signed by the acting director general of the academy, Dr. Adel bin Hassan Al-Omrani.
This agreement aims to establish and strengthen cooperation in the areas of information, research activities and training programs, without being governed by commercial criteria.
Likewise, it also plans to work together in areas related to teaching methods and consult each other on issues like the teaching of foreign languages, in addition to developing collaboration in scientific research, through exchanges of publications, experience and invitations of specialists to workshops, symposiums and conferences.
In a pleasant dialogue prior to the ceremony, Dr. Al-Omrani assured that with the signing of this program the conditions would immediately be established to begin a promising collaboration between the respective diplomatic academies. In this sense, the Ambassador expressed that the Cuban Embassy in Riyadh is in the best disposition to receive any proposal or initiative from the Saudi educational center.
Both parties agreed that the signing of the cooperation program represents another important step in the development of bilateral relations between our countries, in this case in the academic and diplomatic fields. (EmbaCuba Arabia Saudita)