President Julius Maada Bio Departs Saudi Arabia After Successful Summit

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh and His Excellence Julius Maada Bio

President Julius Maada Bio Departs Saudi Arabia After Successful Summit

Royal Airport, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sunday, November 12, 2023-
His Excellency, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has departed Saudi Arabia for Sierra Leone after a successful 2-day Saudi-Africa and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, Summits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also held bilateral talks on the sidelines with other Presidents, global companies and public investment funds.
President Bio also had very fruitful meetings with the Saudi Minister of Education, Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development, Saudi-ARAMCO oil company, Public Investment Fund, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, a leading humanitarian organisation serving people and communities in 86 countries around the world.
The CEOs of ARAMCO, SFD, PIF, and the KSRlief assured His Excellency President Bio and his ministers of collaborative partnership of mutual interest.

Accompanied by Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, Foreign Affairs Minister, Timothy Musa Kabbah, Minister of Health, Dr Austin Demby, Minister of Trade, Ibrahim Alpha Sesay, Minister of Agriculture, Dr Musa Henry Kpaka and Minister of Tourism, Madam Nabeela Tunis, the President shared his government’s Big Five Gamechangers – FEED SALONE, Human Capital Development, Youth Empowerment, Revamping the Public Service Architecture and achieving Sustained Economic Growth through Technology and Infrastructure. Presid ent Bio and his ministers defined Sierra Leone as a peaceful, friendly country that is open to trade and investment, endowed with approximately 5.4 million hectares of arable land, and one that is rich in natural minerals resources, including crude oil.

The just concluded Saudi-Africa Summit created an opportunity to expand and deepen partnership and development between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Africa. As an economic powerhouse in the Middle East, with an increasing influence globally, Africa can leverage relations with the Kingdom to foster development and strengthen partnerships in agriculture, health, education and humanitarian assistance on the continent.

On the other hand, the OIC Summit focused on the situation in Palestine, preceded by the meeting of OIC Senior Officials and the Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers, which considered and adopted a resolution on the situation.

The Saudi Kingdom has had a long-standing relation with the African continent and recognises Africa’s huge resource potential and opportunities for trade and investment. With a population of 1.4 billion and a combined GDP of over USD 3 trillion, both sides can chart new horizons in trade and development partnership.

Fore more enquiries
Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Embassy of Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia
Email: information.attache@sa.slembassy.gov.sl

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