Riyadh, 06 Jumada I, 1437,February 15, 2016, SPA -- The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Suwayel received here yesterday the Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union Houlin Zhao, who came to the Kingdom to deliver to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the Award of Information Technology and Communication in Sustainable Development on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Union, in recognition of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Kingdom's leading role in the Union, and efforts being exerted in the field of technology and communications. Dr. Al-Suwayel appreciated the Union's Secretary General for this visit, stressing that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is continuing to pursue its efforts to support the Union to keep pace with developments and changes in telecommunications and information technology environment, also emphasizing the Kingdom's interest in the development of information technology industry and information security in line with the development in these areas at the global arena. -- SPA 11:32 LOCAL TIME 08:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w