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Saudi rights chief receives head of EU delegation

Saudi rights chief receives head of EU delegation
Saudi human rights chief Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, right, receives Patrick Simonnet, head of the EU delegation to the Kingdom in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
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Updated 23 September 2020

Saudi rights chief receives head of EU delegation

Saudi rights chief receives head of EU delegation
  • Several initiatives have been launched that have helped boost the country鈥檚 international ranking in human rights reports

RIYADH:聽Patrick Simonnet, head of the EU delegation to 海角直播, called on Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, president of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, at his office in Riyadh on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between 海角直播 and the EU in the fields of human rights.聽

Praising the depth of bilateral relations, they discussed ways to boost ties.聽

Al-Awwad highlighted the Kingdom鈥檚 efforts, under the leadership of the king and crown prince, in supporting human rights. He pointed to developments in the Kingdom and pioneering steps toward achieving sustainable development on making human beings the focus of development in accordance with Vision 2030, which aims to achieve the overall development of a better future for the country.

Several initiatives have been launched that have helped boost the country鈥檚 international ranking in human rights reports, including one on human trafficking published by the US State Department.

In addition, a World Bank report titled 鈥淲omen, Business and the Law 2020鈥 ranked the Kingdom first out of 190 countries in terms of progress and reforms in the field of the empowerment of women and the preservation
of their rights.