Riyadh, Feb 7, 2019, SPA -- The European Council for High Ability (ECHA) has recently approved the accession of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by King Abdulaziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity "MAWHIBA”, to ECHA as an associate member. This came as a new achievement being added to the record of the achievements of the Kingdom under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and HRH the Crown Prince. Thus, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia became the first non-EU country receives this membership, given its leading role locally, regionally and internationally in the discovery and care of the talented people. --SPA 00:22 LOCAL TIME 21:22 GMT 0029 www.spa.gov.sa/w833292