Saudi-Spanish Higher Education Institutions hold Forum on `Islamic Economy`

Madrid, March 21, SPA -- The Saudi Cultural Department in France and
Spain has organized in cooperation with King Abdulaziz University a
Forum on Islamic Economy at Business School (IE) in Madrid.


The participants included a number of Saudi professors and
specialists in the field of Islamic Economy from King Abdulaziz
University, as well as their counterparts from Spanish institutions.


The Forum came according to the partnership project to be
implemented between the two sides in the field of Islamic Economy at
the School.


In a statement to a number of the media organs, Prince Saud bin
Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Ambassador to Spain has said that
Islamic economics has been one of the most important fields in
humanities that have been addressed in education at Saudi
universities.


He pointed out that the level of Saudi universities today calls
for any advanced university in the world to create partnerships and
to build scientific and research cooperation with them in all fields
of knowledge, noting that the great quantity leap in higher education
and institutions in Saudi Arabia, has been due to permanent support
provided for them by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and
Inspector General.


On his part, Saudi cultural attaché in France and Spain, Dr.
Abdullah Al-Khatib said that the Forum has been patronized by Saudi
Embassy in Spain, adding that this important step has been
implemented upon the directives of Minister of Higher Education Dr.
Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Anqari.

--SPA