Riyadh, Jan 8, 2020, SPA -- Minister of Education Dr. Hamad bin Muhammad Al Al-Sheikh and his Emirates' counterpart Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, co-headed here today, the third meeting of the Integrative Human Development Committee that emanated from the Saudi-Emirates' Coordination Council. At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of Education, Dr. Hamad Al Al-Sheikh welcomed the UAE Minister of Education and his accompanying delegation, stressing the depth of the brotherly and historical ties established between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which reflect the determination of the leaderships in the two brotherly countries to strengthen them, in all fields, noting that the Coordination Council of the Saudi-Emirates is co-chaired by HRH Crown Prince and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, is steadfastly stepping towards integration and joint coordination to serve the interests and the future of the two countries their brotherly peoples. Al Al-Sheikh added that the meeting reviewed the interim achievements of the Human Development Committee in six fields: education, health, sports, culture, youth and space), explaining that these achievements began with the signing of agreements between a number of Saudi and Emirates' universities, agreements within the initiative of the digital education system, and in the field of vocational and technical training between the two countries, in addition to the agreements signed here today in the media and health fields. He clarified that the meeting completes following up the progress of work in the approved initiatives to ensure their implementation, setting solutions to the challenges facing them and submitting recommendations and reports to the Executive Committee of the Council. --SPA 21:13 LOCAL TIME 18:13 GMT 0025 www.spa.gov.sa/w1243185