Mutual visa waivers with Russia on the way?

Saudi Arabia will kick off talks with Russia for mutual visa waivers, after the Council of Ministers greenlit the discussions during its weekly meeting on Tuesday, according to SPA. Cabinet also approved a short-stay visa exemption agreement for holders of Italian diplomatic passports.

Cabinet also approved renaming the Supreme National Investment Committee to the National Investment Committee of CEDA, referring to the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, according to the state news agency. The supreme committee was set up in 2021 to oversee the government’s national investment strategy.

PLUS- The council also signed off on a system for registering and verifying the biometric data of cruise ship passengers arriving to and departing from the Kingdom, and greenlit cooperation agreements with Algeria to combat organized crime.