Analysis

SAUDI-QATAR

After Summit Agreement, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Extends Saudi Hospitality to Visiting Qatari Emir

• SUSTG Team
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• 1. 6. 2021

This week, Saudi Arabia and other GCC nations buried the hatchet with neighboring Qatar after a diplomatic standoff that lasted over three years. The two sides, working toward a fresh start in recent weeks, finalized the end of the feud at Tuesday's 42nd GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia.

• Security

  

  Trump Administration Approves Nearly $300 Million in Bomb Sales to Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 30. 2020

  The Trump Administration's State Department has approved a possible the sale of nearly $300 million in GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) Munitions and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, the latest large U.S.-Saudi security deal to be approved in recent years.

• Coronavirus

  

  Saudi Arabia Joins Dozens of Nations in Blocking International Travel as Mutant Coronavirus Strain Alarms Authorities

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 21. 2020

  Saudi Arabia suspended late on Sunday all international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign flights already in the kingdom which will be allowed to leave, according to reports.

• Energy

  

  Oil Approaches Prices Not Seen Since Start of Pandemic as Optimism on Vaccines, U.S. Stimulus Drives Prices

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 18. 2020

  Oil reached its highest close in almost 10 months as U.S. lawmakers worked toward finalizing a stimulus deal that may boost near-term demand ahead of a broad roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine.

• Economy

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Economy Still Shrank in 3Q Despite Rebound Trend

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 17. 2020

  Saudi Arabia’s economy shrank more slowly in the third quarter of this year as the government relaxed some measures put in place to curb the spread of the Coronavirus but the oil sector continued to weigh on the Kingdom's overall economic outlook, according to reports.

• Health

  

  Saudi Arabia Registers Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Import, Distribution in Kingdom

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 10. 2020

  Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have registered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for import and use in the country, state news agency SPA said on Thursday.

• Road to the G20

  

  Road to the G20: G20 Leader’s Summit Publication Released Ahead of Virtual 2020 Summit

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 20. 2020

  Organizers of the G20 in Riyadh released the summit's Annual Publication ahead of the G20 leadership summit, beginning tomorrow and taking place virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

• Oil Markets

  

  Rising Coronavirus Cases, Lockdowns Globally Will Hurt Oil Demand More than Previously Thought in 2021, OPEC Says

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 11. 2020

  A global surge in Coronavirus cases and resulting lockdowns in late 2020 will cause oil demand to rebound more slowly in 2021 than previously thought, OPEC said on Wednesday. The surge in Coronavirus cases will hamper efforts by OPEC and its allies to support the market, Reuters reports.

• G20 Saudi Arabia

  

  Road to the G20: B20, T20 Meetings Conclude Ahead of Main G20 Event

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 2. 2020

  SUSTG is covering the events and meetings taking place in the run up to the G20 in November as part of our “Road to the G20” series of posts and featured items. Saudi Arabia just wrapped up the hosting of the B20 business-focused group, as well as the T20 meetings last week.

• G20

  

  Road to the G20: Two-Day Virtual B20 Begins Today

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 26. 2020

  SUSTG is covering the events and meetings taking place in the run up to the G20 in November as part of our “Road to the G20” series of posts and featured items. This week, Saudi Arabia will host the B20 business-focused group, as well as the T20 meetings later this week.