A German state minister says he finds Saudi Arabia a fertile land for initiating green projects. Aside from the ongoing bilateral ties covering trade, investments and joint ventures with transfer of technology and training, “one interesting field of cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Germany is that of green energy,” Kurt Voigtsberger, minister of economics, energy, construction, housing and traffic of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), told a press conference on Monday, according to a report published today by Arab News. Voigtsberger headed a business delegation from the NRW region, which ended its five-day visit to Jeddah and Riyadh yesterday “Twelve of the 30 largest German companies are located in NRW, a region that generates 17 percent of German exports and has a long history and expertise in key sectors such as energy efficiency, chemicals, machines, mining and telecommunications,” he said. added.
