Thepresident of the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC), Dr. Awwad binSaleh Al-Awwad, on Friday met with the vice chairman of the EuropeanParliament's Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP), MarkTarabella.
The meeting in Brussels was attended by the head of theSaudi mission to the EU, Ambassador Saad bin Mohammed Al-Arifi.
Discussions highlighted the Kingdom's efforts to support humanrights, the reforms taking place in the field, and the issue of 60 directivesrelated to human rights matters.
Al-Awwad said that the Kingdom looked forward to achieving evenmore progress under the leadership of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed binSalman.
The HRC chief said during earlier talks with EU officials thatSaudi Arabia has been an international leader in human rights obligations.
He met with 17 members of the EU's Political and SecurityCommittee in the presence of the head of the Saudi mission to the EU,Ambassador Saad bin Mohammed Al-Arifi, on Thursday in Brussels.
"The Kingdom sought to protect and promote human rights andfulfilled its international obligations by submitting all its internationalreports. This made it one of the 36 countries to do so out of 197 stateparties. This was due to the support provided by King Salman to human rights,"Al-Awwad said.
He said Saudi Arabia "is open to the world and still looks forwardto achieve more under its wise leadership. It seeks to achieve the principlesand values of human rights and hopes they will become universal, which wouldpromote the achievement of sustainable development and the promotion of humanrights."
