Meeting with the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Falihthe Prime Minister had today, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Maximos Palace. The Saudi minister is visiting Greece, in order to participate in a bilateral business forum and to co-chair tomorrow, Tuesday, the work of the 5th Session of the Joint Interministerial Committee of Greece – Saudi Arabia.
“You know how much importance we attach to this relationship and how much more we believe we can do in the field of economics and investment. I also had the opportunity, last Thursday, to discuss with His Highness the Successor Prince his forthcoming visit to Greece. “And of course he reiterated his commitment to ensure that we have tangible results from this strategic partnership,” the prime minister said at the start of the meeting.
“The vision that you and His Highness share for the interconnection of Greece and Saudi Arabia in various fields is now being implemented in practice, in the field, and in terms of connectivity, whether it concerns the digital sector, trade, logistics, logistics, “Investment, tourism,” said Al Falih, who is accompanied by eight Undersecretaries and leads a large business delegation representing 59 Saudi companies.
The meeting confirmed the prospects for further strengthening of bilateral relations in a variety of sectors, such as energy, tourism, shipping, culture, health and agri-food products.
The Prime Minister stressed that attracting direct investment is a priority of the government and expressed his intention to intensify mutually beneficial cooperation with Saudi Arabia. He also noted that he is looking forward to a new meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, during his planned official visit to Greece in the near future.
The meeting at the Maximos Palace followed a visit by a large Greek business delegation to Saudi Arabia in March, the Prime Minister’s visit to Riyadh last October and his previous meeting with Mr Al Falih last September, and last September. Kyriakos Mitsotakis contacted the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia by phone.
From the Greek side, the meeting was also attended by the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion Costas Frangogiannis, the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Of Greece to Saudi Arabia Alexis Konstantopoulos, the Head of the Finance Office of the Prime Minister Alexis Patelis, the Deputy Government Spokesman Aristotle Peloni and the Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Office of the Prime Minister Gasparis Vlachakis.
The full dialogue between the Prime Minister and the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia at the beginning of their meeting (unofficial translation from English)
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: We are glad you are here. We are very excited about hosting the Greece-Saudi Arabia Business Forum. I learn that your visit to Santorini was very pleasant and I am sure you will have very productive meetings today and tomorrow. You know how much importance we attach to this relationship and how much more we believe we can do in the field of economics and investment.
I also had the opportunity, last Thursday, to discuss with His Highness, Prince Successor, his forthcoming visit to Greece. And of course he reiterated his commitment to ensuring that we get tangible results from this strategic partnership. So I understand that there are already several collaborations between our companies and I look forward to hearing more about the progress we have made. Again, welcome.
Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Falih: Mr. Prime Minister, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to meet with you, me and my colleagues from the business community. This is our second meeting in eight months. We were here in September and you were kind enough to take the time to visit us. And of course, I had the honor of being in the delegation that welcomed you when you visited Saudi Arabia, took part in the “Future Investment Initiative” forum and met with the Crown Prince.
I convey, of course, the greetings of His Highness, the King, the Crown Prince, and of course the government and people of Saudi Arabia who have the utmost respect for Greece and have high expectations that, under your leadership and the leadership of the King us and the Crown Prince, we will take this relationship to new heights.
I would like to thank you and your staff. Your Ministers have been extremely polite and hardworking in producing results based on your own as well as those of the Saudi leadership. A very large delegation of businessmen and government officials visited us in March and we had very important meetings in Riyadh.
We also visited AlUla and showed you the archeological sites, as they showed us yesterday the archeological site in Santorini.
They showed us – as we showed them – that our relationship has a history of thousands of years. At AlUla we had the opportunity to show them the influence that Greek culture had on the Arab world. And yesterday we actually saw how the Greeks had traveled and built ties with the Middle East.
The vision that you and His Highness share for the interconnection of Greece and Saudi Arabia in various fields is now being implemented in practice, in the field, and at the level of connectivity, whether it concerns the digital sector, trade, logistics, logistics, investment, tourism.
It is my honor to be accompanied by people who carry out such plans. Our business community is well represented, and not just in this meeting with you, Mr Prime Minister. Its representation will be even greater in the Business Forum you mentioned. We have about 60 companies and 80 members in our delegation, here in Athens, which intend to leave a strong mark these two days. Again, thank you very much.
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