RIYADH, Feb 6 (NNN-SPA) – The Ministerial Committee for Posts and Telecommunications, in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, held its 27th meeting in Riyadh, yesterday.
The meeting was chaired by Engineer Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of the Sultanate of Oman, Chairman of the current session, with participation by Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary-General of GCC.
At the onset of the meeting, members of the Committee, congratulated Albudaiwi on the assumption of his duties as Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council, wishing him success in his tasks, in line with the directives of the leaders of the GCC countries.
The meeting discussed cooperation in the postal and telecommunications sectors, the adoption of the guiding framework for the protection of personal information of GCC citizens, the adoption of an action plan for the telecommunications sector in the GCC countries, and the launch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s initiative for the Research Award for Technology and Digital Economy Foresight.
The meeting also approved the unified system (law) regulating the activity of companies and private institutions working in express mail and packages.
The GCC Secretary General delivered a speech, in which, he emphasised the role of the Committee since its inception, in achieving outstanding accomplishments in the fields of post and telecommunications. He also affirmed that this reflects the keenness and interest of members of the Committee, in this sector and their strong belief in the goals that will benefit the economy of the GCC countries through a solid postal and communications division, in a way that contributes to increasing the public and private sectors’ productivity, improving its efficiency, increasing the return on investments, and providing better and easier access to services for citizens and the business sector.
The Secretary General congratulated the GCC countries for their qualitative leap in the field of digital economy and achieving advanced ranks in the communications and information technology sector’s global indexes, in the areas of network readiness, competitiveness, progress, digital entrepreneurship, the tremendous development in fifth-generation networks, and the speed and coverage of the Internet, in addition to the milestones achieved in the development of the field of digital skills and all other sectors.– NNN-SPA
