Riyadh, On the occasion of the Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, First Lady of the Republic of Korea Kim Keon-hee yesterday planted a tree to mark the 61st anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.
The tree-planting event, organized by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), took place in the Scientific Park in Riyadh, where she was received by Mayor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Ayyaf and Executive Director of Green Riyadh at RCRC Abdulaziz Al-Muqbel.
Kim Keon-hee was briefed on the Green Riyadh Project and its impact on improving the quality of life, on the remarkable growth that Riyadh is witnessing and on the various megaprojects being carried out in the city.
Green Riyadh is one of Riyadh’s megaprojects launched by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz with the aim of planting 7.5 million trees across the capital, increasing the per capita share of green space from 1.7 square meters to 28 square meters, and improving the urban landscape of Riyadh. It also contributes to achieving one of the objectives of the Saudi Green Initiative and Vision 2030, which is to plant 10 billion trees across the Kingdom over the coming decades.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
