• Saudi Arabia and African countries have worked together since 1975 through SFD programs, adviser says

Arab News

RIYADH: Adviser at the Saudi Royal Court Ahmed Kattan delivered a speech at the ministerial meeting of the African Union Executive Council on Thursday in Nairobi.

Kattan said that the meeting reflected the vision of the Kingdom’s leadership in engaging and cooperating with African countries, and that the Kingdom recognized the importance of the Executive Council in achieving a fruitful Saudi-African partnership.

The meeting was the result of successful cooperation between the Kingdom and Africa, he said, specifically the support announced by all African leaders for Saudi Arabia to host Expo 2030. This was in addition to the partnership that would contribute to the success of the first Saudi-African summit and the fifth Arab-African summit, both to be held in Riyadh this year. 

The adviser said that Saudi Arabia and African countries had worked together since 1975 through programs of the Saudi Fund for Development and other financial institutions in the Kingdom. He also reaffirmed the Kingdom’s desire to partner with all African countries to achieve their development goals in accordance with UN Resolution No. 60/1. 

“The Kingdom is the first country to support the implementation of Africa 2063 through launching huge development projects,” Kattan said. He said that the agenda represented the degree of convergence and cooperation between Saudi Vision 2030 and African Vision 2063.