For his part, Dr. Khoja commended the great stride made by SPA in the last few years, citing its tangible progress in terms of media and news coverage and the great effort being exerted by its personnel and technicians. On the other hand, the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has generously poured massive material and human resources including the provision of state-of-the-art technological tools, financial, vocational and administrative capabilities for SPA to fulfill its mission, the minister added. He praised SPA as actively becoming present at all regional and international media events, citing the meetings of Arab, Islamic and international news agencies and broadcasting stations. He added that SPA was a pioneer representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia everywhere, citing its recent presidency of the News Agencies World Congress and wishing it more success. --More 15:13 LOCAL TIME 12:13 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w