GENEVA: The CEO of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property has called for Arabic to be added to the languages used by The Hague and Madrid systems for protecting intellectual property rights. Speaking at a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva on Friday, Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem said the Kingdom attached great importance to protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and strengthening the enforcement system, the Saudi Press Agency reported. He added that the Kingdom looked forward to the SAIP joining the International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. He also highlighted Saudi intellectual property developments, which rely on a national strategy to build a system that promotes an economy based on innovation and creativity. Al-Suwailem said the Kingdom had joined the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms and had worked on updating all legislation related to intellectual property. Saudi Arabia joined the WIPO in 1982 and has used its membership to keep abreast of developments in the various fields of intellectual property.