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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Saudi Arabia Extends Financial Support for Global Counter-Terrorism Office

Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Wasel delivers the cheque to Vladimir Vornkov at the UN headquarters. SPA

Saudi Arabia has extended a financial support worth $300,000 for the New York-based Global Counter-Terrorism Office as part of the Arab strategy to promote the project of combating terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Abdulaziz Al-Wasel delivered the cheque to the Undersecretary of the United Nations for Counter-Terrorism department, Vladimir Vornkov, at the UN headquarters in New York, SPA said Tuesday.

In remarks to highlight the event, Al-Wasel appreciated the important role the UN Counter-Terrorism Office plays in facing extremism and terror through the UN Counter-Terrorism Center.

He confirmed the Kingdom's determination to enhance steps that would eradicate terrorism.

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