Riyadh, Sha'ban 7, 1439, Apr 23, 2018, SPA -- On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, who is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), today gave away awards to female and male winners of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prize for Honoring Inventors and the Talented. At the outset of his speech, Eng. Al-Falih expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for their generosity, attention and support for the Saudi inventors and talented people. He said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes in the role of science, knowledge, talent and innovation in the industry of the future. In a short period of time, the Kingdom passed the stage of thinking and planning to enter into a strong and distinguished stage of achievement and implementation through the Kingdom Vision 2030 and the National Transition Program 2020, he added. --SPA 19:22 LOCAL TIME 16:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w675548