Saudi king donates 1 mln USD to ICAO

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has donated 1 million U.S. dollars to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.

The financial support would be allocated to the ongoing ICAO "No Country Left Behind" initiative, under which ICAO provides or coordinates assistance and capacity building in order to augment the global effective implementation of ICAO's standards and policies.

Saudi Arabia donated the same amount to the organization in 2016, in which the assistance has helped in enhancing civil aviation safety and security in the Middle East and Africa, Head of General Authority for Civil Aviation, Abdelhadi Bin Ahmad Al-Mansouri, said.

Xinhua