Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that last Wednesday, 22 July, the RIPE NCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Information Technologies Commission (CITC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The MoU focuses on cooperation in the areas of technical expertise, measurements, statistics, tools, and capacity building. This includes working together via the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) and to support further deployment of RIPE Atlas within Saudi Arabia. You can find the full announcement here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/mou-signed-with-citc-sa... <https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/mou-signed-with-citc-saudi-arabia> You can find the MoU, along with the other agreements we have with external organisations, on our website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations <https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations> Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. Kind regards, Chafic Chaya Regional Communications Manager Middle East Region RIPE NCC