According to a statement by the official spokesman of China‘s Foreign Ministry, talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled for December 15. The talks will be held in the form of a video call, TASS reports. “On December 15, President Xi Jinping of the People‘s Republic of China will […]
2022 budget aims to achieve post-pandemic financial and economic targets for the country.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia expects a 2022 budget surplus of SR90 billion ($24 billion), the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a Cabinet statement. If achieved, this will be the first fiscal surplus since 2013. Total revenues for 2022 are estimated at SR1.05 trillion, while spending is estimated at SR955 billion — the lowest level since 2017. […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will host and preside over the 42nd session of a summit for Arabian Gulf countries on December 14, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council said on Sunday. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf congratulated the Kingdom for assuming the presidency of the forty-second session of the GCC and thanked Bahrain for its great […]
It is abundantly clear Egypt is approaching its relationship with Israel differently today than it did for most of Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister. Then-president Hosni Mubarak met Netanyahu publicly in 2011, but his successor, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, was only willing to meet openly with Israel’s leader on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
PM will become first Israeli premier to openly visit Gulf state, will meet Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to discuss ‘deepening ties’ between countries a year on from Abraham Accords
“We are definitely after a good agreement"
New York Times says alleged hits on missile base, centrifuge facility earlier in year were discussed with US; Israel worried Washington will stop it taking action if new deal made
Sudanese protesters are urging world powers not to resume development aid to their government for fear of legitimising the October 25 coup and spoiling their country’s transition to democracy. Talk of restoring aid picked up after Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok was released from house arrest and reinstated on November 22. But Sudan’s resistance committees – […]
The visit came six months after a meeting between him and Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Jaber Al-Sabah when the latter traveled to Riyadh for talks.
