The Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Republic of India H.E. Mr. Saleh Mohd. Al-Ghamdi received at his office on Tuesday 6th November 2007 the Kingdom’s delegation to the 2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction being organized by the Home Ministry of India in New Delhi with the participation of delegates from 50 Asian countries.
The Saudi delegation led by Col. Ismaeel bin Mohd. Badavi arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday morning and was received at the airport by a representative of the Embassy and officials of the Indian Ministry of Home, the sponsor of the conference. The two-day conference on ‘Development without Diasasters’ is aimed at discussing ways to reduce the disaster risks and sharing the experiences between the participating delegations in this field.