Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef met today with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of his official visit to the Kingdom.

The meeting discussed opportunities to enhance cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Canada in the industrial and mining sectors, as well as mechanisms to expand investment partnerships between the two countries, and ways to develop cooperation in advanced industries to achieve mutual interests.

The two sides also reviewed available opportunities to enhance cooperation in industrial and mining fields, emphasizing the importance of expanding economic and investment partnerships to support bilateral relations between the two countries.

Both sides praised the qualitative investments carried out by Canadian companies in mining exploration projects in the Kingdom and their prominent presence in the Saudi mining sector, expressing their aspiration to expand the horizons of strategic partnership in the mining and minerals sector, contributing to supporting the economic development goals of the two friendly countries.