VOL. XLIV

No 30

23-July-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Cabinet ApprovesEstablishment Of Water Ministry

The Saudi Council of Ministers has approved adecision to establish a new, separate ministry to manage water resources andput in place a new framework which will allow the private sector to finance andoperate water-related projects, the SaudiPress Agency reported on 16 July. The cabinet said that all water-relateddepartments and agencies would be brought under the remit of the new ministry.Until now, water...