SAMI Is Strategic Sponsor of Second Saudi International Maritime Forum

SAMI will participate as a strategic sponsor at the second Saudi International Maritime Forum that will be organized by the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah between November 15 and 17, 2022. (SPA)
SAMI will participate as a strategic sponsor at the second Saudi International Maritime Forum that will be organized by the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah between November 15 and 17, 2022. (SPA)
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SAMI Is Strategic Sponsor of Second Saudi International Maritime Forum

SAMI will participate as a strategic sponsor at the second Saudi International Maritime Forum that will be organized by the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah between November 15 and 17, 2022. (SPA)
SAMI will participate as a strategic sponsor at the second Saudi International Maritime Forum that will be organized by the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah between November 15 and 17, 2022. (SPA)

The Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) will participate as a strategic sponsor at the second Saudi International Maritime Forum that will be organized by the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah between November 15 and 17, 2022, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday.

The event will be held under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

SAMI CEO Eng. Walid Abu Khaled said the company, through its sponsorship of the second edition of the forum, stresses its pivotal role as a strategic national partner for defense industries through its effective presence in all events that are organized by the Ministry of Defense.

He noted that the company will take part in the forum under the umbrella of SAMI Sea, where it is scheduled to showcase its products on the marine industries and systems.

SAMI is seeking to benefit from promising opportunities that such major international forums provide in a way that can boost its status as a national strategic partner for defense industries in the Kingdom, he explained.

SAMI is participating in the forum along with the top local, regional and international companies that will display their latest equipment, technologies and systems in the field of maritime security.

The event will include an accompanying exhibition and several work sessions that will attract the elite of interested people and specialists from the military and experts in the fields of technology and industry, in addition to several ministries, public institutions, global companies and academics.

The forum, held under the theme “Protecting Marine Units and Vital Coastal Sites against the Threat of Unnamed Systems”, aims at exchanging views, discussing challenges facing marine units, coastal vital sites and means to protect them; and ways to deal with these threats and their impact on the global economy; and guaranteeing the safety of marine passages.



Qatar PM Hopes Palestinian Authority Will Return to Gaza When War Ends

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
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Qatar PM Hopes Palestinian Authority Will Return to Gaza When War Ends

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2025. (AFP)

Qatar's Prime Minister said in Davos on Tuesday he hoped the Palestinian Authority would return to play a governing role in Gaza once the war with Israel comes to an end.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland, two days after the ceasefire Qatar helped broker came into effect in Gaza, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani cautioned that Gazans -- and not any other country -- should dictate the way the enclave will be governed.

"We hope to see the PA back in Gaza. We hope to see a government that will really address the issues of the people over there. And there is a long way to go with Gaza and the destruction," he said.

How Gaza will be governed after the war was not directly addressed in the deal between Israel and Hamas movement that led to an immediate ceasefire and hostage releases after nearly 15 months of talks mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US.

Israel has rejected any governing role for Hamas, which ran Gaza before the war, but it has been almost equally opposed to rule by the Palestinian Authority, the body set up under the Oslo interim peace accords three decades ago that has limited governing power in the West Bank.

The PA, dominated by the Fatah faction created by former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, faces opposition from rival faction Hamas, which drove the PA out of Gaza in 2007 after a brief war.