Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia grows by 33.5% in 2025... and the Council of Ministers approves 4 new regulations

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The Saudi Council of Ministers, headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, confirmed that the growth of foreign direct investments in the Kingdom by 33.5% during the year 2025 compared to 2024, reflects the attractiveness of the Saudi economy and its broad future prospects, and the effectiveness of the economic and structural reforms that were implemented during the past years within the framework of “Saudi Vision 2030.”

In its decisions, the Council approved four new systems, including the system of patents and utility models, the system of new plant varieties, the system of schematic designs for integrated circuits, and the system of designs.

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He also decided to continue working on the Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program until the end of 2032, and to approve the final accounts of the universities of Al-Baha and Hafr Al-Batin and the King Fahd National Library for the previous two financial years.

The Council of Ministers approved a headquarters agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, to open an office affiliated with the Institute in the Kingdom, in addition to a memorandum of understanding in the field of cybersecurity between the National Cybersecurity Authority and the office affiliated with the Institute.

He also approved a memorandum of understanding between the General Administration of Financial Investigations, headed by State Security in the Kingdom, and the United Nations, represented by its Office on Drugs and Crime, and another memorandum of understanding between the Saudi Food and Drug General Authority and the State Institute of Pharmaceuticals in the Russian Federation.

The Council authorized the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority, or his representative, to discuss and sign with the Australian side two draft memorandums of understanding between the Authority and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, and the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office.

The two projects aim to exchange information in the fields of nuclear safety, radiation protection, nuclear security and nuclear non-proliferation.

The Minister of Tourism, or his representative, was also authorized to discuss and sign with the Syrian side a draft memorandum of understanding for tourism cooperation between the Saudi Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism of the Syrian Arab Republic.

The Council decided to enroll the spouses and children of the delegate to work abroad, the scholarship employee, and the scholarship student, in the educational mission to study bachelor’s and master’s degrees, according to a number of controls.

The Council directed what was necessary regarding a number of topics on its agenda, including the annual reports of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, the General Authority for Foreign Trade, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization, the Saudi Geological Survey, the Saudi Space Agency, the Saudi News Agency, the Saudi Postal Corporation, the National Center for Debt Management, the National Center for Measuring the Performance of Public Agencies, and the King Abdulaziz Administration.