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  • Expat remittances in Saudi Arabia at all-time low in a decade

    Remittances of foreigners working in Saudi Arabia showed a downward trend in 2023 for the second year in a row, standing at SR124.9 billion, their lowest in more than a decade, according to a Saudi report. In 2022, the remittances reached SR143.2 billion against SR153.5 billion the previous year. Their highest level was recorded in 2015 when they surged to SR156.9 billion, Al Eqtisadia reported, citing data from the Saudi Central Bank. Last year’s figure was the lowest since 2011.

  • Saudi Arabia joint venture heralds big sea farming expansion

    The aquaculture industry in Saudi Arabia is set for significant growth following the announcement of a new joint venture between NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s development organisation, and fish farming business Tabuk Fisheries Company. Trading as Topian Aquaculture, the new venture will include a hatchery that is expected to become the largest in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region by the end of 2024. The hatchery has a planned capacity of 42 million fingerlings and marine-pen production facilities, with production of finfish in the pens projected to reach 20,000 tonnes per year.

  • Foreign direct investment inflows to Saudi Arabia hit $4.53bn in Q3 2023

  • Saudi Arabia Taps Former Dell Executive to Run $100 Billion Firm

    Saudi Arabia named a former executive at Dell Technologies to lead a new investment firm backed by $100 billion in capital from the Public Investment Fund, that’s been set up to plow money into everything from technology to semiconductors and capital goods. Amit Midha, formerly president for Asia Pacific and Japan, Global Digital Cities at Dell Technologies, was named as chief executive officer of the new entity. “Alat is a company focused on the transformation of leading global companies and building a world-class sustainable industrial and electronics hub in Saudi Arabia,” Midha wrote in a post on LinkedIn.

  • Saudi Arabia to US: No Israel ties until recognition of an independent Palestinian state within 1967 borders

    Saudi Arabia has clearly communicated to the United States that it will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without substantial progress on the Palestinian issue. The Kingdom is demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital. Additionally, it has called for an end to Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip and insisted on the withdrawal of all Israeli occupation forces from the enclave as a prerequisite for any future diplomatic engagement with Israel.

  • Saudi Arabia says no relations with Israel before recognition of Palestinian state on 1967 borders

    Saudi Arabia clapped back at the United States’ claims that discussions on a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal were moving forward separately from talks on a Gaza cease-fire. In a statement released early Wednesday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the kingdom has informed Washington that it will have no diplomatic relations with Israel until an independent Palestinian state is established on the 1967 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital and Israel ends its offensive on the Gaza Strip and withdraws its troops from the enclave. “Saudi Arabia has always been steadfast on the Palestinian issue and the necessity that the brotherly Palestinian people obtain their legitimate rights,” the statement added. Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/02/saudi-arabia-says-no-relations-israel-recognition-palestinian-state-1967-borders#ixzz8R3rLeUiv

  • Saudi Arabia’s Defense Industry Seeking Local Assembly Of Helos

    During the World Defense Show here, both Leonardo and Turkish Aerospace signed agreements with Saudi entities on Feb. 4 to explore the potential of assembling aircraft for the domestic market. Fellow OEM Airbus Helicopters signed a similar agreement during last year’s Paris Air Show with Scopa, a Saudi defense company establishing agreements with Western defense companies.

  • Saudi Arabia: no Israel ties without recognition of Palestinian state

    Saudi Arabia has told the United States it will not open diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recognised on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Riyadh reiterated its call for permanent members of the U.N. Security Council that have not recognised a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital to do so, a ministry statement said.

  • Saudi Arabia plans 250k new hotel rooms by 2030, says minister of tourism

    “The quality of the rooms and projects is very excellent and will place the Kingdom among the best in the world. The target for 2030 is approximately 550,000 hotel rooms,” the minister said, adding: “Today, we continue to reach 10 percent contribution to the gross domestic product, and we have reached 7 percent contribution to the non-oil GDP.”

  • Blinken meets MBS in Saudi Arabia as U.S. pushes for post-war deal

    During his previous visit to Israel last month, Blinken told Israeli leaders that Saudi Arabia wants to normalize relations with Israel after the Gaza war ends, but it won't agree to any deal if the Israeli government doesn't commit to the principle of a two-state solution.