Saudi to be guest of honor at Beijing international book fair

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be a guest of honor at the 20th Beijing International Book Fair to be held from August 28 to September 2, 2013. The Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Anqari will head the delegation participating in this event in which participants include 2010 publishing houses from 58 countries. On this occasion, Dr. Al-Anqari said that the choice of the Kingdom as the guest of honor points to the distinguished status enjoyed by the Kingdom at Arab, Islamic, and international arenas as well as the efforts of the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in support of dialogue between followers of religions, civilizations and cultures.