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it oil to markets in south and east Asia. Saudi trade and investment are increasingly directed toward Asian markets rather than Europe or America. Saudi Arabia's turn to the east began almost a decade ago. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's first foreign trip after becoming king was to India and China in January

the Pakistani economy. Last month in Tokyo, the crown prince celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the first Japanese Muslim to make the hajj to Mecca, and more importantly, signed a number of bilateral agreements on investment, trade and security cooperation. Japan imports more than a million bar

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prominent positions in some key Saudi ministries. A short list of third- generation princes who could be king includes Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca and son of the respected late King Faisal; Muhammad bin Fand, governor of the oil-producing Eastern Province and son of the late King Fand; Khalid

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, Prince Salman is the last of the powerful and prominent successors to the Saudi throne among the surviving sons of Saudi Arabia's founder, former King Abdulaziz al Saud. "This is a wake-up call" for the Saudi royal family, said Stephane Lacroix, an assistant professor at Fran

dered closest of his brothers to the country's religious conservatives, would be mourned with religious services Sunday in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, state media said. The ruling Saudi family, like the government overall, follows the austere Wahhabi branch of Islam. It typically buries its membe

d by the Ministry of Energy. It seeks to leverage Saudi Arabia’s comparative advantage in energy, petrochemicals a

er importance in the industrialization strategy adopted in the Vision 2030. The NICDP will be managed by the Ministry of Energy. It seeks to leverage Saudi Arabia’s comparative advantage in energy, petrochemicals and minerals to create sustainable export oriented industries, initially focused on the automotive, c

nd tax proceeds City Selected urban land area(sqm) White land value (SARbn) @ 2.5% (SARbn) Riyadh 1,300,000,000 494 12.4 Jeddah 1,686,000,000 481 12 Mecca 850,000,000 485 12.1 Medina 293,000,000 88 2.2 Dammam 200,000,000 48 1.2 Total 4,329,000,000 1,595 39.9 Source: SAMA, BofA Merrill Lynch estimates f