Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Celebrates its 92nd National Day Tomorrow

Doha, September 22 (QNA) - The brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates Friday its 92nd National Day, to commemorate the unification of the Kingdom and its establishment by King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.
On the seventeenth of Jumada Al Awwal 1351 AH, a royal decree was issued unifying all parts of the modern Saudi state under the name of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and King Abdulaziz chose Thursday, Jumada Al Awwal 21 of the same year, corresponding to Sep. 23, 1932 AD, as the day to announce the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is the Kingdom's National Day.
King Abdulaziz established his modern state on the basis of modernization and contemporary development, established several ministries, and diplomatic relations in accordance with officially recognized international political representation. Ambassadors, consuls, commissioners and ministers were appointed for this purpose, and upon the establishment of the League of Arab States in Cairo in 1365 AH / 1945 AD Saudi Arabia was among the founding countries.
King Abdulaziz worked to improve the Kingdoms social and economic situation, directing care and attention to education by opening schools and institutes, sending missions abroad, encouraging the printing of books - especially Arabic and Islamic books - ordering the expansion of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, providing water and medical and preventive services for pilgrims.
In 1357 AH / 1938 AD, oil was extracted in the Eastern Province, which helped to increase the monetary wealth that contributed to the development, progress and prosperity of the Kingdom. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency was established after the Saudi currency began to take its natural place among the currencies of other countries.
The Kingdom bought agricultural machinery and distributed it to farmers to promote agriculture, built and paved land roads, built a railway to connect Riyadh with Dammam, linked the Kingdom with a network of wired and wireless communications, and laid the nucleus of civil aviation with the establishment of Saudi Arabian Airlines in 1945 AD, and the extended an oil pipeline from the Gulf to the Mediterranean ports, and opened the Saudi Radio in 1368 AH / 1949 AD. King Abdulaziz was concerned with providing health services, establishing hospitals and health centers in various cities of the Kingdom, and setting up a system for Saudi passports and other public facilities related to society.
King Abdulaziz laid the solid foundation upon which the kingdom was built, and the kings of the kingdom for generation, focused their efforts on building, learning, progress, and prosperity, in order for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to become at the forefront of nations.
The Kingdom's leadership and people are currently living in an atmosphere of celebration of the National Day, on the occasion of the 92 anniversary of its founding, based on a sound approach and a lofty message, continuing the process of construction and development until this era under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his Crown Prince, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The Kingdom has achieved high rates in terms of development, economic reform, growth, and expansion in various sectors. Today, it has become one of the twenty largest economies in the world, the largest and strongest economy in the Middle East, and the largest oil exporter in the world. The wheel of development did not stop at this point, as the Kingdoms Vision 2030 was approved, entitled to diversify non-oil sources of income.
During the last period, many vision plans were implemented, and their initiatives bore fruit with more success than expected, and economic reforms were implemented that had clear positive results.
The launch of the Saudi Vision 2030 came as a cornerstone for a modern renaissance of the Kingdom that meets the high aspirations of the Saudi people, who view this vision with optimism and work to achieve it with passion because of its ambitious plans reflecting the aspirations of all segments of society and shape all aspects of their lives. (QNA)