RIYADH, March 20 (KUNA) -- Under the aegis of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Adel Faqih inaugurated the 1st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) statistics forum in Riyadh Monday evening.
The 3-day long forum, held under theme "Cementing Statistics-based Partnerships to Support GCC member states' Sustainable Economic and Development Policies", is co-organized by the General Authority for Statistics and GCC Statistics' Center.
Addressing the opening session, the minister expressed hopes that the forum would establish a knowledge-based platform for experience exchange among the member states, in order to support economic and development sustainable policies. (end) mdm.ibi