Brunei Students Leave for International University Students Camp, Saudi Arabia

For the first time, ten male students - six from University of Brunei Darussalam and four from the Brunei Institute of Technology were selected to participate in the International University Students Camp programme, which will be held in Saudi Arabia.  They left the country Monday.

Present at the airport to bid them farewell were the Minister of Religious Affairs, Pehin Dato Seri Utama Doctor Ustaz Haji Awang Mohammad Zain and Deputy Minister of Education,  Dato Paduka Haji Suyoi, as well as the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Esam A. Abid Al-Thagafi. 

In an interview with RTB, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Esam A. Abid Al-Thagafi said that the main objective of the programme is to connect students from all over the Islamic world to communicate and exchange views with each other.  The students from various faculties are among students from ten countries all over the world who are participating in the camp programme for International Islamic Youths organised by the Saudia Arabia government.  The two-week programme, which began Monday, will be held until the 11th of next month.