JEDDAH: Senior Saudi and US government officials and business leaders explored trade and investment opportunities at a series of business meetings in Washington this week. The talks took place on the sidelines of the visit of Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman to Washington.A huge delegation of business leaders and government officials is in Washington to engage with US businessmen and highlight the investment opportunities available in the energy, transport, health, education, and other industrial and service areas.
“This is a valuable opportunity to meet representatives of a wide selection of Saudi government agencies that support, facilitate or influence businesses and/or present specific investment opportunities in the Kingdom,” said Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) Gov. Abdullarif Al-Othman. SAGIA hosted the high-profile US-Saudi Investment Forum 2015 in Washington to highlight the diverse and exciting opportunities in the Kingdom.
Al-Othman said that the forum runs alongside an “Invest Saudi” exhibition, featuring a number of Saudi public and private sector organizations to showcase opportunities in the health, transport, ICT and mining sectors.The SAGIA governor himself was leading a series of panels and bilateral meetings between the American and Saudi governmental and business communities to discuss the promising investment opportunities and investment climate the Kingdom has to offer, as well as initiatives to increase the volume of business between the two nations.
Prince Saud bin Khalid Al-Faisal, deputy governor of SAGIA, said that Saudi Arabia is an exciting place with a lot going on.During talks with top officials of the US Chamber of Commerce, he pointed to a variety of investment sectors in Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom’s GDP growth of more than 130 percent over the past 10 years.Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue hosted the leadership of the SAGIA and the Council of Saudi Chambers for a roundtable discussion focused on a shared goal deepening and expanding bilateral trade and investment across a number of sectors.
