Washington and Riyadh sign 18 agreements in energy, investment, communications, space and health

The Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, and the ministers of investment, communications and health in the Kingdom, with their counterparts in the United States, signed 18 agreements and memoranda of joint cooperation in the fields of energy, investment, communications, space and health, on the sidelines of the visit of US President Joe Biden to the Kingdom.

These agreements come in light of the wide opportunities provided by the Kingdom's Vision 2030, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to invest in promising sectors, for the benefit of the two friendly countries and peoples.

Among the agreements signed between the two sides, 13 were signed by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investment, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, and a number of private sector companies, with a group of leading American companies, such as Boeing Aerospace Industries, Raytheon Defense Industries, Medtronic, and Digital Diagnostics. , and IKVIA in the health care sector, and a number of other American companies specializing in the fields of energy, tourism, education, manufacturing and textiles.

The Saudi Space Authority also signed with the US Space Agency "NASA" the "Artemis" agreement to explore the moon and Mars with "NASA", to join the international coalition in the field of civil exploration and the use of the moon, Mars, comets and asteroids for peaceful purposes.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed a memorandum of cooperation with IBM, a leading company in the field of digital technology, to qualify 100,000 young men and women over five years as part of eight innovative initiatives aimed at strengthening the Kingdom's position as a pivotal center for technology and innovation in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also signed a memorandum of cooperation with the US National Communications and Information Administration NTIA, which includes cooperation between the two countries in the fields of fifth and sixth generation technologies, with the aim of accelerating the growth of the digital economy and enhancing the pace of research, development and innovation in the Kingdom's digital system.

The two countries signed a partnership agreement in the fields of clean energy, which includes defining areas and projects of cooperation in this field, and enhancing the two countries' efforts in spreading clean energy and climate action, including cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

The Saudi and American ministries of health also signed a memorandum of joint cooperation in the fields of public health, medical sciences and research, aimed at supporting and strengthening existing relations in the fields of public health between individuals, organizations and institutions, unifying efforts to address public health issues and medical, scientific and research challenges, and exchanging information, experts and academics, in addition to To joint training of health and medical personnel, proper application of health information systems, research and development and health innovation.

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