Why in the news?
- A high-level Saudi Arabia delegation met the Secretary, Union Ministry of Textiles, to advance bilateral cooperation in the textile sector.
Saudi Arabia
- Location: Saudi Arabia is a west Asian country locate in Arabian Peninsula.
- Capital: Riyadh
- Border Countries: Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar , United Arab Emirates, Oman , Yemen.
- Bordering Waterbodies: Red Sea, Persian Gulf.
- Maritime Border
- Bahrain is an island country off its east coast.
- The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel.
- Fact: Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
- International Relations – Saudi Arabia joined the UN in 1945 and is a founding member of the Arab League, Gulf Cooperation Council, Muslim World League, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
