Jeddah: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who arrived in Saudi Arabia for a short visit, and Saudi Crown Prince Amir Mohammed bin Salman discussed. The discussion took place after the official reception at the Al Salam Palace in Jeddah.
Bilateral relations and aspects of cooperation in various fields were topics of common interest. Cooperation in the fields of industry, commerce, agriculture, communications, information technology and transport was discussed.
Minister of State Amir Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd, Minister of the Interior Amir Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif, Minister of the National Guard Amir Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Faisal bin Farhan, Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Al Khatib, The investment minister Ng. Khalid Alfalih, Minister of Industry Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Quraif, Governor of the Public Investment Fund Yasser bin Usman Al-Rumayan, Councilor of the Royal Palace Ahmed Khatwan, Saudi Ambassador to South Africa Sultan Al-Ankhari and other ministers and heads of department who accompanied the South African president in the reception program participated.
The crown prince and the South African president also attended the exchange ceremony of the bilateral agreement, cooperation program and memorandum of understanding between the two countries. Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation and Exchange of News between the Saudi News Agency and the South African State News Agency.
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Promotion of Direct Investments, Memorandum of Understanding between Special Economic Cities and Area Authorities, Cooperation in the Communications and Information Technology Sector, Memorandum of Understanding on the Study on the Establishment of a Mutual investment fund,
Among the agreements signed were MoUs for technical cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, MoUs for social development cooperation, MoUs for cooperation in the health sector, MoUs for development in the export-import sector and MoUs for cooperation in geological investigations.
