Riyadh, March 3, 2019, SPA -- The Council of Economic Affairs and Development held a meeting at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh this evening. During the meeting, the Council reviewed a number of economic and developmental issues, including a presentation submitted by the Ministry of Culture on the National Strategy on Culture, casting light on the current situation of the sector of culture in general, in the Kingdom, and the most prominent aspirations related to the development of the sector and its close association with the Kingdom vision 2030 in addition to the main strategic pillars of the ministry, its different roles and the preliminary executive plan for the year 2019. The meeting also tackled a number of issues, including reports submitted by the supervisory committees for privatization regarding the sector of environment, water and agriculture as well as the sector of communications and information technology. --SPA 21:31 LOCAL TIME 18:31 GMT 0024 www.spa.gov.sa/w847181