Japan to assist Saudi-Japanese Higher Institute

Jeddah, February 01, SPA -- Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry has approved extension of support to the Jeddah-based Saudi
Japanese Automobile Higher Institute (SAJAHI), in future.

The current support to the institute which is extended through the
Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) ends on August 2009.

The institute's executive director Salim al-Asmari said the new
support to the institute comes within the framework of the existing
cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Japan.

During the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to Japan (when he was the Crown Prince) in
1998 an agreement was signed for the transference of the Japanese
technology to the Kingdom in the field of maintenance of cars as well
as training the Saudi cadres in this respect.

Al-Asmari noted that the mechanism of supporting the institute
includes replacement of the equipment, devices, cars and training
means with new ones.


--SPA