President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday received a special message from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
The special message was delivered to the president by the Saudi Minister of State for African Affairs, Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Kattan, who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi.
The visiting Saudi Minister, who also conveyed greetings from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, briefed Uhuru on the Saudi-Africa and the Arab-African summits that will be hosted by Saudi Arabia.
The two summits are geared towards cultivating interactions aimed at enhancing economic growth and people-to-people relations between the two regions.
Kattan applauded the president on Kenya’s push for the adoption of green energy which has earned the country global recognition.
The president expressed optimism that the summits will help grow investments in Kenya and Africa as a whole.
He said that Kenya is also interested in being part of the greening initiative championed by the Saudi Crown Prince.
The visiting minister was accompanied by the Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Kenya Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Salman.
Present government officials during the meeting were Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo, and Kenya’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Peter Ogego.
