H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, chaired the twenty-third joint weekly meeting between departments and divisions on Tuesday, 30 Jumada Al-Akhira 1446, corresponding to 29 December 2024, at the Academy’s headquarters in Jeddah.

His Excellency welcomed the participants and spoke about his recent visit to Qatar, where he met with H.E. Mr Ghanim bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs of Qatar, during which they discussed the latest preparations and arrangements for the 26th session of the Academy to be held in Doha in May 2025. His Excellency also expressed his sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Qatar and to the Minister for the warm welcome, reception and hospitality that he and his accompanying delegation received during their visit and called on everyone to continue working for the successful outcome of the session.

His Excellency also spoke about his visit to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Walid bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh, and expressed his deep gratitude and appreciation to the host state, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for its continuous support to the Academy from its inception to the present.

The meeting reviewed several decisions and adopted new ones, notably:

• Final printing of all the research papers of the twenty-sixth session.
• Dispatch of the soft copies of the research of 26th session to the members for review.