The Saudi-US Investment Forum is being held on the occasion of the state visit to Saudi Arabia of the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump. The Forum, which will take place at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on 13th May, will bring together major Saudi and American investors to celebrate a partnership that has been nearly a century in the making.

The Saudi-US relationship has played a vital strategic role in the prosperity of both nations over the last eight decades since the first meeting between King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud and President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the USS Quincy in 1945.

American investors have played a key role in the Saudi economy representing around $54bn of FDI stock in the Kingdom, nearly one in every four dollars of FDI in Saudi Arabia. American FDI to Saudi Arabia has risen rapidly, with the US representing the largest source of FDI to the Kingdom.

In turn, Saudi Arabia has played a central role helping to ensure a stable and reliable global energy market that underpinned American prosperity – while also remaining a major investor in the United States, including sectors from oil refining and petrochemicals to startups in Silicon Valley.