In a 50-minute interview with Al-Thamnah (the 8th) TV program aired here this evening, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, confirmed that the implementation of the Kingdom's vision 2030 is done through its three-faceted programs, one runs until 2020, another to 2025 and the third to 2030. He described them as executive programs carrying clear-cut means and goals to achieve the vision. He said that what has been launched last Sunday is the remaining of the vision's programs extending to 2020 so that in the remaining period of this year 2017 and the whole 2018, 2019 and 2020, we will be devoted to implement the rest of the programs. The Deputy Crown Prince, who is also Chairman of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA), added that, pressured by time constraint, the Kingdom has previously launched two programs: the national transformation program and the financial offset program 2020 "as we don't want to be delayed", he put it. At the same time, we would like to conduct our job in a professional and world class way, he said, adding that, accordingly, we have issued a decision that any program should be launched once it is ready with the rest of the programs to come. Clarifying a point raised by the announcer of the TV program Dawood Al-Shiryan, which was aired by the Saudi TV this evening, coinciding with MBC channel, the Deputy Crown Prince said that last Sunday a ten-point 2020 program was announced for the government authorities and concerned bodies to implement through the programs' councils, each headed by a minister who is member of CEDA. He said preparations for those programs will be underway in the coming months, and are expected to be launched consecutively in the coming six months. --More 21:05 LOCAL TIME 18:05 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1623288
