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  • Saudi Arabia Gears Up to Host G20 Summit; Saudi FM Travels to Japan for Ceremony
     

    Saudi Arabia is making major preparations to host the annual gathering of the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations next year in Riyadh, the 15th meeting of the group that is set to thrust the city into the global spotlight. The meeting will be held on November 21–22, 2020, and will be chaired […]

     
  • Aramco Quickly Met Global Demand After Attacks, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Says in Annual Address
     

    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said in his annual address to the Shoura Council on Wednesday that the ability of Saudi Aramco to quickly restore oil production capacity after attacks on its facilities in September “had proven the kingdom’s ability to meet global demand during any shortage,” Reuters reports. The King pointed a finger at Iran […]

     
  • Saudi Authorities Direct Vision 2030 Realization Committees to Submit Plans to Boost Private Sector Funding
     

    Saudi authorities have directed all the Vision 2030 Realization Program (VRP) Committees to submit an action plan within 90 days to CEDA to “activate the role of the private sector as an investor and a financing element in implementing its initiatives,” a report in the Saudi Gazette/OKAZ said. According to the report, action plans submitted by […]

     
  • MODON, GAMI Ink Deal to Promote Investments in Saudi Arabia’s Defense Sector
     

    A new strategic cooperation between the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) and the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) aims to encourage the localization of military industries in the Kingdom, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The new cooperation “supports the localization of 50 percent of the expenditure in military industries through […]

     
  • Peace Agreements, Reports of Talks a Positive Sign for Yemen’s Ongoing War
     

    Recent agreements and reports of indirect talks between warring sides in Yemen’s ongoing civil war indicate a trend toward bringing an end to the four year old conflict fought to restore the U.N.-recognized Hadi government to power after it was overthrown by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Last week, Yemen’s Saudi-backed government signed an agreement with southern separatists on […]

     
  • Saudi-based STV Leads $23 Million Funding Round in Trukker
     

    Saudi-based Saudi Technology Ventures (STV) said in a blog post that it is leading a $23 million investment round in Trukker, a truck-focused digital freight marketplace and aggregator based in the UAE. “Today, truck drivers must communicate with brokers via phone calls in order to negotiate pricing of each transaction and discuss capacity and routes,” […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco Releases Details of November 17th IPO in Prospectus
     

    Saudi Aramco on Saturday released details of its IPO that will be the first opportunity for investors to own a piece of the world’s most profitable company and achieve one of the key goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic reform plan. The details were released in a prospectus on Saudi Aramco’s website. The company said the […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s PIF Reportedly Invests $400m in Disruptive Food Startup Founded by Travis Kalanick
     

    Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has invested $400 million into Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s new company CloudKitchens, according to the Wall Street Journal. CloudKitchens is a food and real estate startup that buys cheap properties across the U.S. and in India, China, the U.K. and elsewhere. “The hope is that their proximity to densely populated areas will make them […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco targets zero flaring by 2030
     

    Saudi Aramco said on Wednesday it was joining the World Bank’s initiative to reduce gas flaring to zero by 2030, and said its flaring was already less than 1% of its total raw gas production in the first half of 2019, Reuters reports. The announcement comes as the company began this week the process of floating shares […]

     
  • State Department Lauds ‘Strong counterterrorism relationship’ between Saudi Arabia and the United States
     

    The U.S. State Department’s recently-released country reports on terrorism praised the U.S.-Saudi “strong counterterrorism relationship” and said “through a range of counterterrorism initiatives, many in partnership with the U.S. government, Saudi Arabia took tangible steps to strengthen its counterterrorism capabilities in border security, counter terrorist financing, and [countering violent extremism].” “Based on local reporting, Saudi Arabia […]

     

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