{"id":87182,"date":"2017-12-10T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e8a40876faaf49dbbbd625ae1b03fdf1"},"modified":"2017-12-10T09:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T09:30:31","slug":"news-story-chancellor-visit-to-saudi-arabia-10-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87182","title":{"rendered":"News story: Chancellor visit to Saudi Arabia: 10 December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Chancellor, Philip Hammond has travelled to Saudi Arabia to meet King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the Ministers of Finance, Energy, and Economy and Planning.<\/p>\n<p>The Chancellor is expected to discuss a range of issues, including the economic reform plan Vision 2030, the situation in the Yemen, and trade and investment with the UK.<\/p>\n<p>He is accompanied by Ken Costa, the Special Representative for Vision 2030, and Donald Brydon, the Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group.<\/p>\n<p>The Chancellor said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Saudi Arabia is a key partner for the UK and we are offering ongoing support as it progresses with its ambitious economic reform plan, Vision 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We will work closely with Saudi Arabia as it modernises and its economy diversifies, ensuring that both our nations benefit from the growing trade and investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chancellor will also meet female Saudi entrepreneurs including alumni from UK universities.<\/p>\n<p>The visit follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/pm-visit-to-saudi-arabia-29-november-2017\">the Prime Minister\u2019s visit to Saudi Arabia last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor is expected to discuss a range of issues, including the economic reform plan Vision 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}