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Access to clean and sustainable energy is important for Africa, announced Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman at the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference in Riyadh. Prince Abdulaziz indicated that African economies need to grow and their people need to prosper, indicating that if these two things happen, the global economy will grow. At the opening session on Thursday, Prince Abdulaziz stressed that climate change is crucial and essential, but it should not be "attended to by crushing the bones and the future of the less empowered people."
Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz signed on Thursday five memorandums of understanding with a number of African countries, including Ethiopia, Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, and Rwanda. The MoUs, which were signed during the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference, currently held in Riyadh, included cooperation in various fields of energy.