AlUla to host first meeting in history

AlUla will host the ALECSO Executive Board Meeting for the Second Time in Saudi History.

The AlUla governorate, located northwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to host the 116th ordinary session of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization ALECSO between January 25 and 27 with participation of 21 Arab countries. Members of the board and representatives of countries will discuss several topics that serve ALECSO goals in the Arab world and develop the work of the organization in the region.

The board's meetings in AlUla will be held on the second time in history, marking the second time in history for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the meetings after they were hosted in Taif 42 years ago, namely 1979. They will be talking about several issues related to the future of the organizations and its strategic plans in the near future.

This meeting will be held after some 6 months of the presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Executive Board of ALECSO, where Saudi Arabia works together to develop its goals and joint action among brotherly Arab countries, which reflects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's keenness and will continue to be a top contributor to bridging cultural gaps among Arab peoples and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in various fields.

AlUla hosting the meeting is an important dimension with overlapping fields between the organization's work and the historical, civil and cultural status of AlUla that forms a meeting point for old civilizations and is considered a historical museum dating back to thousands of years with natural wonders, historical sites and archeological monuments that have been preserved over centuries, the majority of which has yet to be discovered amidst a government concern that makes it an exceptional global destination and an incubator for natural beauty and unique human heritage.