The Saudi National Center for Meteorology signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organisation aiming to enhance cooperation between the two sides to reduce natural risks and disasters before taking place in the Arab world.
Significantly, the partnership pact comes amid widespread, devastating floods in some parts of Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
The scope of cooperation between the two sides covers the capacity building, skills promotion, research in the fields of monitoring and warning and rapid intervention in the risks resulting from severe weather events.
It also covers idea exchanges between the agencies, provision of assistance in the field of air forecasting, early warning of weather phenomena which might lead to disasters, conduction of studies, holding of symposia, scientific panels, workshops and training courses, exchange of experts, documents and information on matters of mutual concern.
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