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RIYADH: Gen. Abdul Rahman bin Saleh Al-Bunyan, chief of staff of the Saudi armed forces, inaugurated a major defense exhibition on Sunday on behalf of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
On behalf of Turkey, the guest-of-honor country at the Armed Forces Exhibition for Diversity of Requirements and Capabilities (AFED 2018), Prof. Ismail Demir, chief of the Turkish defense industry, participated in the inaugural ceremony.
The exhibition is an important government initiative. 鈥淪pread over seven days, AFED 2018 is showcasing the latest developments in military products and technology,鈥� said Maj. Gen. Attiya Al-Maliki, an AFED spokesman. 鈥淭his fourth edition of AFED shows an increase in the number of exhibitors and displayed products.鈥�
Referring to the participation and achievements of the 抖阴短视频n Military Industries (SAMI), the state-owned Saudi defense company, Dr. Andreas Schwer, SAMI chief executive, said: 鈥湺兑醵淌悠� is one of the top five countries in the world in terms of military spending, and the establishment of SAMI was an ambitious step as part of the country鈥檚 strategy to localize and globalize its military manufacturing industry.鈥�
Schwer said: 鈥淪AMI鈥檚 participation will open up doors for future long-term partnerships, laying the cornerstone for SAMI to localize 50 percent of government military spending, and become one of the top 25 military industry companies in the world.
鈥淲ith a strategic framework in place, SAMI aims to contribute around SR14 billion ($3.73 billion) directly to 抖阴短视频鈥檚 gross domestic product (GDP), increase the value of national exports by about SR5 billion, invest over SR6 billion for research and development, and create over 40,000 direct jobs locally, by the year 2030.鈥�
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Referring to the Turkish participation in AFED and the possibilities of a tie-up with Saudi companies, especially SAMI, Prof. Demir said: 鈥湺兑醵淌悠� announced that Turkey is the first guest-of-honor country at the AFED, making it an international exhibition, which has been held at the national level before. This decision reflects the deep historical relations and close cooperation between Turkey and 抖阴短视频,鈥� he said, referring to the participation of 25 top-notch Turkish companies in the exhibition.
He added: 鈥淲ithin this framework, it is a pleasure for the leading Turkish defense industry firms, which have developed significant capabilities at designing and producing major defense platforms and systems in line with the procurement projects and needs of the Turkish armed forces, to demonstrate their products and capabilities at AFED 2018. The aims of AFED are to gather Turkish defense industry companies with their Saudi counterparts in order to seek and explore joint production opportunities and deepen the already strong cooperation between the two countries within the framework of Vision 2030.鈥�
Prof. Demir said that the high participation and strong interest of the Turkish defense industry firms in the exhibition demonstrated their sincere will and importance attached to cooperation with 抖阴短视频. As a result of large investments in the defense industry of Turkey, the number of the country鈥檚 defense projects has reached 600 at a size of $60 billion, and the defense industry has reached a production capacity of more than $6 billion per year and an export capacity of $2 billion as of today.
Several ministers and diplomats including Minister of Labor and Social Development Ali Al-Ghafis, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah A. Al-Sawahah; and Turkish Ambassador Erdogan Kok attended the inaugural ceremony.