RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s assistant Shoura Council speaker stressed the importance of strengthening bilateral relations during a meeting with an MP from Finland.
Dr. Hanan Al-Ahmadi met Sultan Sayed Ahmed at the council’s headquarters in Riyadh on Sunday.
Al-Ahmadi said that the Kingdom, based on its Islamic and political weight, had made great efforts to combat terrorism, reject hate speech and promote of moderation and civilized communication to achieve international peace.
The meeting was also attended by Shoura Council member and head of the Saudi-Finnish Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Hazzaa bin Bakr Al-Qahtani.
Issues of common interest were discussed, as well as ways to support education, technology, health, energy, economy, energy, tourism and investment.
They discussed improving relations between the Shoura Council and the Finnish Parliament through exchange visits.
Al-Ahmadi also discussed Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s efforts to support and develop tourism.
She talked about Saudi Arabia’s support for peaceful efforts to reach a political solution in the Ukrainian crisis, and reviewed the Kingdom’s humanitarian support to Ukraine, the latest of which was an aid package worth $400 million.