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Aramco Signs $6 Billion Procurement Agreements

The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco's domestic supply chain ecosystem to meet customers' demands and provide suppliers with long-term visibility of expected future demand. (SPA)
The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco's domestic supply chain ecosystem to meet customers' demands and provide suppliers with long-term visibility of expected future demand. (SPA)
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Aramco Signs $6 Billion Procurement Agreements

The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco's domestic supply chain ecosystem to meet customers' demands and provide suppliers with long-term visibility of expected future demand. (SPA)
The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco's domestic supply chain ecosystem to meet customers' demands and provide suppliers with long-term visibility of expected future demand. (SPA)

Aramco, one of the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, signed on Tuesday 40 corporate procurement agreements worth $6 billion with suppliers in Saudi Arabia.

The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco's domestic supply chain ecosystem to meet customers' demands and provide suppliers with long-term visibility of expected future demand.

They will contribute to achieving the objectives of Aramco's In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) program, the company's pioneer initiative that aims to drive the growth of a vibrant economy and create new opportunities for Saudi people.

Aramco Executive Vice President of Technical Services Wail Al-Jaafari said: “The 40 new agreements signed today are expected to contribute to the domestic value chain and further enhance the ecosystem that Aramco is assisting to build.”

“These agreements move us towards a more prosperous, diverse, and resilient supply chain, which will help ensure business continuity. They also represent a key milestone on our iktva journey and provide our partners with an opportunity to benefit from a robust and diversified business environment,” he stated.

Additionally, Aramco signed two MoUs with strategic partners to collaborate on localization and supply chain development.

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Washington Urges Israel to Extend Cooperation with Palestinian Banks

A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
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Washington Urges Israel to Extend Cooperation with Palestinian Banks

A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)

The United States on Thursday called on Israel to extend its cooperation with Palestinian banks for another year, to avoid blocking vital transactions in the occupied West Bank.

"I am glad that Israel has allowed its banks to continue cooperating with Palestinian banks, but I remain convinced that a one-year extension of the waiver to facilitate this cooperation is needed," US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday, on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro.

In May, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to cut off a vital banking channel between Israel and the West Bank in response to three European countries recognizing the State of Palestine.

On June 30, however, Smotrich extended a waiver that allows cooperation between Israel's banking system and Palestinian banks in the occupied West Bank for four months, according to Israeli media, according to AFP.

The Times of Israel newspaper reported that the decision on the waiver was made at a cabinet meeting in a "move that saw Israel legalize several West Bank settlement outposts."

The waiver was due to expire at the end of June, and the extension permitted Israeli banks to process payments for salaries and services to the Palestinian Authority in shekels, averting a blow to a Palestinian economy already devastated by the war in Gaza.

The Israeli threat raised serious concerns in the United States, which said at the time it feared "a humanitarian crisis" if banking ties were cut.

According to Washington, these banking channels are key to nearly $8 billion of imports from Israel to the West Bank, including electricity, water, fuel and food.