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Lebanese Republic Dar Al-Fatwa announced, in an issued statement this evening, that standing on “Arafah” will occur on the ninth of the month of Dhul-Hijjah for the year 1444 AH, which corresponds to Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Accordingly, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, will be the first day of Eid Al-Adha.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
MP Ghassan Skaf indicated, during his reception of Bekaa activists in the town of Aitha Al-Fakhar in Rashaya district on Sunday, that “the June 14th session was the result of an internal initiative that broke the stalemate in the presidential file, removed barriers between several components, imposed a democratic presidential battle, and established a new equation that gives an advanced role to the internal parties in choosing the president.” Skaf underlined the new move on the domestic scene aiming to break the barriers between all the components of the country, “because the internal sterility in achieving the presidential election will once again refer the file of agreeing on a president completely to the outside.” He added, “In this context, I met the Qatari ambassador and we discussed matters related to the presidency of the republic, and we will have meetings with a number of ambassadors and representatives of countries in the coming weeks.” Referring to the Saudi-French summit held in Paris, Skaf deemed that the meeting was important, but we cannot think that the Lebanese presidency dossier was at the top of the files tackled. He noted that we can know more about the developments in this file through the French President’s envoy Le Drian during his visit to Lebanon upcoming Wednesday.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni over the death of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
HRH the Crown Prince said in his cable , ”We have received the news of the death of the former prime minister of the Italian Republic, Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, and we express to your country and the entire family of the deceased our deepest condolences and sincere sympathy. We also wish you continued good health and safety”.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
The first flight of beneficiaries of the Makkah Route Initiative from the Kingdom of Morocco arrived yesterday at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. They were received by the Airport Director of Passports Department Major General Suleiman Al-Youssef.
The Makkah Route Initiative facilitates issuing visas electronically and collecting biometric data, carrying out all travel procedures at the airports of the countries of departure, including ensuring that the pilgrims have a clean bill of health, and coding and sorting baggage, according to the transportation and accommodation arrangements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has recently participated in the Third Meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group held in Pune, India, the current chair of G20, to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the fields of digital infrastructure and to accelerate the adoption of modern technologies.
The meeting covered a number of topics on its agenda, including stimulating aspects of digital skills, digital entrepreneurship, bridging the digital gap and achieving digital prosperity and inclusion.
During the meeting, India commended the results and outcomes of the digital economy trajectory during Saudi Arabia’s presidency of the Group in 2020, where the Kingdom achieved qualitative achievements at meetings of digital economy ministers, mainly reaching a consensus on a road map for measuring and defining the digital economy, in addition to adopting the principles of human-centred artificial intelligence.
Source: Saudi Press Agency