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From April, direct flights between Sofia and Riyadh will start.

This became clear from the meeting between Bulgarian ministers Alexander Pulev

Alexander Pulev was born on February 5, 1981 in Plovdiv.

He holds a Masters in Finance from Oxford and Nikola Stoyanov with the Minister of Economy and Planning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal Al-Ibrahim in Riyadh.

The undertaken commitment is a consequence of the previous joint visit of Minister Pulev and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Hristo Alexiev to the Kingdom, during which an Agreement in the field of transport was signed between the two countries for the launch of direct flights between Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Pulev pointed out that only 3 months after the visit of the relevant Deputy Prime Minister Hristo Alexiev, all procedures related to the opening of the direct airline have already been completed, and better connectivity is expected to provide new opportunities for partnerships between companies from the two countries.

"We also hope for more joint projects in the field of information and communication technologies and exchange of practices between start-up companies from the two countries," the Minister of Innovation and Growth also said. 

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During the meeting, the two discussed deepening the partnership on key common priorities in the fields of the automotive industry, communications, nanosatellites and logistics.

The Minister of Innovation and Growth emphasized that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a strategic partner in the Middle East region. 

Pulev and the Minister of Economy and Industry held meetings with representatives of Bulgarian innovative companies and the Public Investment Fund, the largest sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia, which manages a resource of nearly half a trillion dollars.

The Minister of Innovation presented the opportunities for investments and the implementation of joint projects between Bulgarian and Saudi companies.

The representatives of the Public Fund showed a serious interest in strategic partnerships, as well as direct investments in high-tech Bulgarian companies. 

In Riyadh, Minister Pulev also held a meeting with the National Program for Industrial Development and Logistics and the Space Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Space Commission), reported the MIR press center.

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