His Excellency Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Engineer Waleed bin Abdul Karim Al Khuraji, today received at the Ministry’s office in Riyadh Dimitri Giotakos, Head of the Visa Policy Section of the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission, and the Commission’s Technical Dialogue Team. During the reception, relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the European Union and ways to strengthen them were considered, as well as the issue of facilitating the entry of citizens of Saudi Arabia into the Schengen countries without a visa, as well as work on the implementation of technical aspects related to this.
The reception was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Ambassador Tamim Al-Dosari, Head of Mission of Saudi Arabia to the European Union Ambassador Saad Al-Arifi and Ambassador of the European Union to the Kingdom Patrick Simonet.