Awwad Al-Awwad, the president of the Saudi Human RightsCommission, on Tuesday met a delegation from the French Ministry of ForeignAffairs, led by Christophe Farno, director of the ministry's Middle Eastand North Africa department.
They discussed opportunities for cooperation and how theymight work together to enhance human rights.
Al-Awwad stressed the strength of the relationship betweenthe Kingdom and France in all fields. He also gave an overview of recentdevelopments in human rights that have taken place in Saudi Arabia under theleadership of King Salman and the pioneering national reforms led by CrownPrince Mohammed bin Salman.
He said that there have been 60 human-rights reforms so far,22 of which were designed to empower women and guarantee their rights. He notedthese significant changes are in keeping with the aims of Saudi Vision 2030,which aims to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development to ensure agreat future for the Kingdom and its people.
