Saudi Arabia to spend more in next 10 years than in the past 300 years: Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia to spend more in next 10 years than in the past 300 years: Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the Kingdom will spend more in the next 10 years than it has done in the past 300 years as he announces a new program to strengthen partnership with the private sector.

During his announcement of the "Shareek“ partner program between the private and public sectors, the Crown Prince announced that oil giant Aramco and petrochemical firm SABIC would lead investments of 5 trillion riyals ($1.3 trillion) by the local private sector by 2030.

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"When we're talking about 27 trillion Saudi riyals in the next 10 years, solid, we have it, solid. 3 trillion from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), we announced it and where we brought it from, committed to spend. Today, 5 trillion from the big companies, a majority of which are government-owned, solid and committed. 4 trillion riyals under a strategy to be announced later, part of it is business as usual and a bigger part of it is solid, we have it, 12 trillion riyals,“ the Crown Prince told a panel discussion of representatives from the private sector.

The total amount would rise to 27 trillion riyals