Dr. Nizar bin Obeid Madani, Assistant Foreign Minister, said the 32nd session of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference currently ongoing in Sanaa is held amid confirmed reports on serious challenges facing the Islamic nation, necessitating coordination of positions among the OIC member countries. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, Madani said he submitted, during the conference, a presentation on the forthcoming Islamic Extraordinary summit scheduled for Makkah late this year at the invitation of Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, to discuss the nation's most pressing issues and challenges. He said he also gave an account of the Kingdom's contribution to the victims of the Tsunami disaster. He said the Saudi Development Fund has accredited the provision of $400 million to finance rehabilitation projects in flood-hit areas in South East Asia, $82 million and quantities of corporal relief items were solicited from Saudi charities for the needy in that area while the Saudi government has announced that it has donated relief assistance worth $30 million for the victims. Moreover, the bulk of the tsunami children victims will be sponsored by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people, Madani declared.
