Somalia: Saudi Kingdom Donating U.S.$300,000 to Help End Piracy in Somalia

Riyadh — The Saudi government announced yesterday that it would donate $300,000 to a trust fund that aims to abolish maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia and to support the prosecutorial legal process.

Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer, undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Relations in the UAE, made the announcement in his speech in Dubai during the 3rd conference against maritime piracy. The theme of the conference was "Anti-Piracy: A Continuing Task to Build Regional Capacity."

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