Riyadh mayor attends National Day celebration of Rwanda
The mayor was received by Rwandan Ambassador to the Kingdom Eugene Segore Kayihura and other officials.
Separately, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki recently met Pakistani federal secretary of the Ministry of Interior and Drug Control, Mohammed Khurram Agha. The pair discussed topics of common interest, the ambassador wrote on X.
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