Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Deputy President of Youth Welfare and Deputy Chairman of the Saudi Olympic Committee, and Morocco's Minister of Youth and Sports Nawal El Moutawakel signed here today a memorandum of executive program for cooperation in the fields of youth and sports in both countries for 2009. In a speech on the occasion, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal extended thanks to the Moroccan Minister, confirming the deep-rooted relations between the two countries at the levels of the two leaderships, governments and peoples. The document signed today is to activate joint cooperation in the field of sports and youth between the two countries with the purpose of legalizing the common Arab action in general and sports and youth in particular, the foundations of which were laid by late Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi senior official said. Prince Nawaf bin Faisal added that the note included programs in several sports and youth areas including football, athletics, basketball, sports for those with special needs, equestrian, cycling, karate, swimming, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, golf and sports for all, the exchange of youth delegations, programs for youth leaders' training and the exchange of technical and management expertise in the areas of sports medicine, projects and maintenance. In the name of Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, General President of Youth Welfare, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal extended invitation for the Moroccan minister to visit Saudi Arabia. For her part, Nawal El Moutawakel lauded the role late Prince Faisal bin Fahd and his successor the General President of Youth Welfare Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz were playing to further consolidate the Arab Olympic committees. The event was attended by senior officials on the two sides.
