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Saudi Crown Prince Meets Kuwaiti Speaker, WEF President

The Crown Prince meets Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker. SPA

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has met in Riyadh with Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim and the accompanying delegation.

During Sunday’s meeting, they reviewed the Saudi-Kuwaiti relations and the joint cooperation in various fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The meeting was attended by a number of officials.

Also Sunday, the Crown Prince met with the President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Borg Brende.

During the meeting, they reviewed a number of issues related to global and regional developments, SPA said.

The meeting also dealt with the Forum's partnership with the Kingdom and its interest in Saudi Arabia’s economic programs within the framework of Vision 2030, the agency said.

It added that the Forum expressed desire to hold some events and seminars in Saudi Arabia, including the launch of the Joint Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution in Riyadh.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Energy Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri and a number of officials at the forum.

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