Americans show eagerness toward Saudi Vision 2030

The vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030, and emanated Program of National Transformation 2020 have drawn the interest of the US government, businessmen and giant corporations, following reviewing the details of the strategy of the Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Second Deputy Premier and the Minister of Defense during their meeting, during the current visit to the United States of America.
This visit proved the strong relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America and the depth of the bilateral understanding between the leaderships of the two countries to address many regional and international issues, as well as boosting US-Saudi cooperation towards wider horizons, in order to establish a new era of relations, in which more common benefits would be realized.
This came during a meeting of ministers accompanying the deputy crown prince with the Saudi media men, tonight in Washington, in the presence of Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, who pointed out the importance of the status of the kingdom in the world and the keenness of the leadership to build international relations characterized by mutual respect, valuing the visit deputy crown prince which has achieved great successes and culminated in meetings he held with President Barack Obama and senior administration’s officials.
For his part, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi said that the meeting of the deputy crown prince with President Barack Obama has been remarkable and successful, during which they discussed various topics, atop of which was the energy, the Kingdom’s keenness on the stability of energy prices in the world, and how to find other sources for alternative energy, adding that the meeting touched, in details, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2030 vision and its emanated programs such as: 2020 National Transformation which was launched in the first week of the month of Ramadan, in addition to discussing developments related to the regional files, including the situations in Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.
He explained that everyone was touched during the meeting, for the keenness of the US president to know the details of Vision 2030 and the meeting ended very positively, in a way that reflects the level of constructive relations between the two countries.
The minister stated that the deputy crown prince has met with the Secretary of State John Kerry, at the start of his visit to the United States, then met with the US Secretary of Defense and a number of US government officials and confirmed that these meetings are a turning point among for the two countries and bear a vision that the Kingdom follows new different tracks which could be invested to meet the interests of the Kingdom and America.
On the other hand, the Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf said that the meetings of the deputy crown prince with the economic team of the US administration, represented by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Minister of Commerce, Minister of Energy, the US Trade Representative and a representative of the Advisory Council for Economic Affairs, have discussed reviewed in detail the vision of the Kingdom in 2030 and other related elements such as the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Aramco, and strategic partnerships with other countries and was followed by discussion with the President and members of the American Chambers of Commerce Council, in regard of business sector represented by a number of major US companies.
Although some of these companies operate in the Saudi market and deal with it, but that when they listened to the details of the vision of the deputy crown prince, they expressed intent to expand their investments, in the Kingdom, adding that the deputy crown prince focused in his dialogue with US officials, on the local content in the economy and how to increase it and in a sense that we rely on the domestic industry, either domestic manufacturers or big companies rather than to import, he said, pointing out the deputy crown prince has given the first work permit for the first American company to work in the Kingdom, in an important step to increase competition in the domestic market and to improve the quality of the products and sales, as well.
He concluded by stressing that the objective of the investment is to directly invest in industries and activities in the Kingdom.