Saudi Arabia: Greek government delegation meets in Riyadh with Saudi ministers

The Greek government delegation concludes its visit to Riyadh with working meetings with the Ministers of Investment, Trade, Foreign Affairs, Energy, Culture, Tourism, Telecommunications.

More specifically, according to the itinerary, at 10:00 (11:00 local time) the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Costas Frangogiannis and the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Giannis Tsakiris, together with the Secretary General of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President of Enterprise Greece Giannis Smyris will have a meeting with the heads of the Pension Fund of Saudi Arabia. After the meeting, Costas Frangogiannis will give an interview to Arab News. At 12:30 (11:30 local time) the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Giannis Tsakiris the Secretary General of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President of Enterprise Greece and the Secretary General , accompanied by the Greek Ambassador to Riyadh, will meet at the Ministry of Commerce of Saudi Arabia with Abdulrahman Alharbi, Commander of the General Authority for Foreign Trade. Then at 13:00 (12:00 local time) they will meet with Jerry Inzerillo, CEO of Diriyah Group. Afterwards, they will meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Adel al Jaber.

Tourism and Energy

Then, at 14:30 (13:30 local time) the Minister of Development and Investment, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Sofia Zacharaki will meet at the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia with the Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al Khateeb. At the same time, Costas Frangogiannis will have contacts with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia.

The contacts of the Greek government delegation will end at 16:30 (15:30 local time) with the meeting with the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al Saud and the meeting later of Giannis Smyrlis with the Saudi Minister of Telecommunications.

It is recalled that the delegation includes the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Costas Frangogiannis, the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Giannis Tsakiris and Tourism Sofia Zacharakis, as well as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Enterprise general secretaries of Investment Orestis Kavalakis and Tourism Olympia Anastassopoulou. It is also noted that the Deputy Foreign Minister, responsible for Economic Diplomacy, is accompanied by the CEO of Enterprise Greece George Filiopoulos.

Bilateral business meetings

At the same time, the business mission, following the Greek-Saudi Investment Forum held yesterday in Riyadh, will conclude the bilateral business meetings (B2B), organized by Invest Saudi and Enterprise Greece under the auspices of the Secretary General of International Economic Relations. During the Investment Forum, the prospects for further strengthening of the economic cooperation between Greece and Saudi Arabia were pointed out. The business mission includes senior executives from 43 companies in the fields of construction, shipping, tourism, pharmaceuticals, energy, cybersecurity, banks, as well as institutional actors, such as the chairman of the Executive Committee of SEV Efthymios Vidalis, the president of the Hellenic Development Investment Bank Haris Lambropoulos and members of the Boards of Directors of EVEA and SEVE. The mission also includes the president of TEMES SA Achilleas Konstantakopoulos, who represents the Greek side in the newly established Business Council of Greece – Saudi Arabia, which was developed to facilitate economic cooperation between the two countries.

The mission

Representatives of the companies participate in the mission in detail: INASCO HELLAS EE, HELLENIC PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, ASPROFOS ENGINEERING, STIRIXIS SA, HELLENIC REPUBLIC ASSET DEVELOPMENT FUND, FREZYDERM, GRANTEX, PRENECON CONUG, EL. INC., UNI-PHARMA KLEON TSETIS PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES SA, THEODOROU GROUP, TEMES SA, OBRELA SECURITY INDUSTRIES, POLYGREEN, ZOURAS FARM SA, MARKOU BROS GROUP, MYTILINEOS GROUP, OLYRICAC EQUITY PARTNERS, INTRUM HELLAS, INTRUM HELLAS, PLAISIR GROUP SA, THE CONCIERGE MYKONOS, DROMEAS SA, ALPHA BANK, RAYCAP, EUROBANK, DYNACOM TANKERS, SARACAKIS BROTHERS SA, SHT, PICKER, ETU -T, WAQAR, EGVENES, AGROPOWER, NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, MM EDUCATIONAL GROUP, BRIGHT SPECIAL LIGHTING, ARCHIRODON, ROYAL SUGAR.

Companies from Saudi Arabia

On the part of Saudi Arabia, 103 companies participate including: Aramco, Aramco Tradings, Sabic, Maaden, STC, Taqnia, Al-Olayan Group, Salic, NWC, Saudi Airlines, Acwa Power, Al-Zamil Group, Bahri, Kingdom Holdings, Naqwa, ELM, Ajlan and Bros Holding, Dr . Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, Seera, Abdulaziz Al-Abdulkader Group, Jamjoom Pharma, Tamer Group, Flynass, Al-Rajhi Bank, STB, Riyadh Bank, Savola, Al-Bawani Group, Boudl Hotels and Resorts Group, NTG , Spimaco, Al-Tamimi Group, Seera Group, Al-Rajhi International Investments, Al-Jomaih for energy, Al-Babtain for energy, Desert Technology, Fawaz Al-Hokair Group, Saudi Airlines Catering, Al-Fanar, petromin, ICAD, ASTRA, Al-Muhaideb Group, Al-Faisaliyah Group, sadafco, Alwatania Poultry, Tasnee, Sipchem, Dusur, Saudi Chemical Company, Al-Obaikan Group, Al-Fozan, Nahgi Group, dalah albaraka company, Halawani and bros, Arco, Faidh International Food Company “Salic”, Sudair pharma, Abdulrahman Al-Otaishan and sons group, Bin Omairah Holding, Construction Technology Industrial Company, DUO Direction Company, Al-Bassam Company, Almagloth Group, Hamad Alshuwaier, silah Company, Genovic Boutiques, IXAB BUSINESS SERVICES, SMSRA, Al-Marshad Holding, Exposure, Shibh Al Jaz ira Contracting Company, Viatris Inc, Aquaculture, Saudi Aquaculture Society, Al-Widad Company, Consolidated Contractors Company, Al-HAJ Ali Ridha Company, SETE, Huta Group, Consolidated Contractors Company, ARCHIRODON, Swiss Hospitality Company, Alsindi Law Firm, Gulf Research Center, Al-Walan Holding, Adlal Company, Saudi Certificate Company, Mohammed M. Alrashid Trading & Contracting Company (MARCO), Salama law firm, SALFO AND ASSOCIATES SAUDI ARABIA, Hundt Lawfirm, Visual Arts, Panda Retail Company, Prince Mishal Alsuad, Elemka Saudi Company, Apsal paul Company, Dr.Assaf law firm, Naqel, AJA Pharma, Abdulhadi Alqahtani and sons Company, Al-Mutlaq Group.