Saudi yoga chief to deliver health address at India G20

Nouf Al-Marwaai, president of the Saudi Yoga Committee, meets with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Vellamvelly Muraleedharan in Riyadh. (File/@NoufMarwaai)
Nouf Al-Marwaai, president of the Saudi Yoga Committee, meets with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Vellamvelly Muraleedharan in Riyadh. (File/@NoufMarwaai)
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Updated 08 May 2023
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Saudi yoga chief to deliver health address at India G20

Saudi yoga chief to deliver health address at India G20
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s yoga body has been invited to deliver an address at an event on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in India.

Nouf Al-Marwaai, president of the Saudi Yoga Committee, will participate in the global program Civil 20 organized by United Consciousness Global, in cooperation with the Council for Cultural Relations of India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. India holds the presidency of the G20 this year.

The C20 program will be held under the slogan “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (One Earth, One Family, One Future Through Yoga). 

Through Al-Marwaai’s participation, the Kingdom is coordinating several events and activities of the program to realize the G20 message of development, peaceful co-existence, and promoting health and well-being through sports.

Commenting on this invitation, Al- Marwaai said: “We are honored to receive this invitation from C20 and are excited to be part of the program to coordinate (a) series of events on the theme of G20, called ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future Through Yoga’ in Civil 20, under (the) G20.”

C20 India 2023 is one of the official engagement groups of the G20 that provides a platform for civil society organizations around the world to voice their concerns to the world’s leaders on socioeconomic and political issues.