San Marino. First official visit of Secretary of State Beccari to Saudi Arabia
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HE Luca Beccari, accompanied by a delegation of Department officials, was received with the highest honors in Riad, where he is on an official visit. Today the Secretary met with HRH Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“The occasion – explains a press release from the Secretariat of State – was propitious for addressing issues of mutual interest, aimed at strengthening bilateral and multilateral relations between the two countries. On the Saudi side, the will was confirmed to conclude the Agreement on the promotion and protection of investments quickly, the text of which has already been initialed, but also to continue with the definition and request for other Agreements in the short term.
This is the first official visit of a San Marino Secretary of State to the Kingdom and is the result of a series of previous meetings. In fact, Secretary of State Beccari had the opportunity to dialogue with the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2022, on the sidelines of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations and again in 2022, he had the opportunity to meet, together with the Secretaries of State Lonfernini and Pedini Amati, the Saudi Minister of Sports, HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal and the Saudi Minister of Tourism, HE Ahmed Al Khateeb”.
“It was a fruitful meeting – declared the Secretary of State Beccari –, which highlighted the significant opportunities for collaboration in a country with large investment capacities and advanced development projects in numerous ambitions. There is strong Saudi interest in promoting increasingly stable links and exchanges with San Marino through the bringing together of important bilateral agreements in various sectors”.