Diriyah, 09 December,2018 , SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud patronized this evening the opening ceremony of the Historical Al-Turaif District Development Project, in the presence of leaders and heads of delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council states. The project aims at developing the historical district by reconstructing and turning it into an international, cultural and touristic center, according to its historical, cultural, constructional and environmental characteristics in a modern setting, and listing it within the world heritage cities. Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, expressed on this occasion his thanks and appreciations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for patronizing the project's opening ceremony, which coincides with the King's fourth anniversary of assumption of power. --SPA 00:51 LOCAL TIME 21:51 GMT 0025 www.spa.gov.sa/w802440