Qassim vice governor patronizes dates festival

Prince Dr. Faisal Ibn Meshal Ibn Saud Ibn Abdulaziz, Vice Governor of Qassim Province, patronized the opening ceremony of "4th Dates Festival 1432" in Riadh Khubara Governorate yesterday. In a press statement, the Prince commended the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and the Second Deputy Premier, for their directives to the Ministry of Agriculture to support these strategic, vital and economic products of dates and palm trees farmers, particularly the purchasing of dates from farmers for World Food Program and assistance to poor and needy countries.