Saudi minister visits Greek counterparts

Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos and Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef and National Industrial Development Center CEO Saleh Al-Solami met astatine the ministry successful Athens and then paid a visit to the Onex Elefsis Shipyards connected Monday.

On Tuesday, the Saudi Arabian high-level officials will be a working meal with representatives of ample Greek companies. According to a Greek ministry statement, Alkhorayef and Al-Solami and a Saudi delegation met successful a peculiarly cordial and productive climate.

Participants examined successful item opportunities for further enhancing the strategic narration of Greece and Saudi Arabia, attracting important investments, and facilitating concern enactment successful some countries, with an accent connected the shipping industry, pharmaceuticals, agrinutrition and construction.

Following the meeting, Theodorikakos said that the “trade betwixt the two countries is astir 1.9 cardinal euros. Our communal purpose is to boost it overmuch further.”

The Saudi curate was besides received by the curate of situation and energy, Stavros Papastavrou, and his deputy, Nikos Tsafos. During the meeting, according to the ministry, discussions focused connected the advancement of the “Saudi-Greek Interconnection” project, which will service arsenic an vigor span betwixt the Middle East and Europe, enhancing Greece’s relation arsenic a determination vigor hub.

The two sides besides explored prospects for practice successful the hydrogen sector, where Greece tin service arsenic a earthy gateway for the transfer of Saudi hydrogen accumulation to European markets, within the model of the “Southeast Europe Hydrogen Corridor” initiative.