Minister inaugurates Saudi-Tunisian Joint Committee in Riyadh

The meeting saw the signing of a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding to boost trade and investment between Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. (Supplied)
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Updated 28 December 2025
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Minister inaugurates Saudi-Tunisian Joint Committee in Riyadh

  • Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Abdelhafidh highlighted the committee’s importance in expanding cooperation across several strategic economic sectors

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef inaugurated the 12th session of the Saudi-Tunisian Joint Committee in Riyadh. 

The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources wrote on X that the minister had said the committee played a pivotal role in strengthening economic and industrial cooperation between the two countries.

Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Abdelhafidh also highlighted the committee’s importance in expanding cooperation across several strategic economic sectors. 

The meeting saw the signing of a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding to boost trade and investment between Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

 


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (File/SPA)
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

  • Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984, and director of the General Intelligence Directorate between 1974 and 1982

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent separate cables of condolence to Jordan’s King Abdullah II after the passing of former prime minister Ahmad Obeidat.

Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984, and director of the General Intelligence Directorate between 1974 and 1982. He died on Monday at the age of 88. 

King Salman extended his “deepest condolences” to King Abdullah and the family of the deceased, praying that God grant Obeidat forgiveness and have mercy on him.

The crown prince sent a similar cable to King Abdullah.