Mr Al-Khateeb is the first and curent Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Tourism Ahmed Aqeel Al-Khateeb (fifth from left), Attorney-General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (sixth from left), Fiji Development Bank chief executive officer Saud Minam (eighth from left), with Government officials and Saudi Arabia’s officials and guests at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Photo: DEPTFO News
As the Pacific’s hub, Fiji has proudly served His Excellency, Ahmed Aqeel Al-Khateeb’s home base for his visits to Tonga, Kiribati, Palau, and Vanuatu over the past three days.
During a meeting with Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, he said that he had wonderful meetings across the region and built Pacific-wide support for Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo 2030.
Mr Al-Khateeb is the first and current Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia.
During the meeting, the two spoke on where the Saudi Fund Development could make the biggest difference in the Fijian people’s lives, from tourism, to infrastructure development and MSME support.
The meeting included the Permanent Secretary for Economy, Shiri Gounder, Governor of Reserve Bank, Ariff Ali, Fiji Development Bank chief executive officer Saud Minam, and Head of Treasury at the Ministry of Economy, Nemia Dawai.
The minister also met Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. Following that, Mr Al-Khateeb visited the Solomon Islands before returning to Saudi Arabia.