UAE-Saudi joint security committee holds meeting to enhance security cooperation

ABU DHABI, TGO: The joint committee between the ministries of interior of the UAE and Saudi Arabia held its sixth meeting on Monday at the Saif al Shaafar Hall to enhance their security cooperation.

The UAE delegation was headed by Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, while the Saudi delegation was headed by Dr. Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Faleh, Under-Secretary at the Saudi Ministry of Interior.

In his speech at the opening session, Major General Al Khaili welcomed the guests in their second country and conveyed the greetings of Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, along with his best wishes for success.

The meeting is a true translation of the sincere relations between the UAE and the Saudi Arabia, he added.

Dr. Al Faleh thanked and appreciated the officials of the UAE’s Ministry of Interior, who signed, with their Saudi counterparts, a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the protection of data and information shared during joint security projects and ways of enhancing their cooperation in launching joint projects and initiatives while ensuring the protection of shared data and information.

The MoU was signed by Major General Al Khaili and Dr. Al Faleh at the ministry’s headquarters on the sidelines of their meeting.