Jeddah, Shawwal 28, 1439, Jul 12, 2018, SPA -- A Joint Statement was issued today between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of South Africa. At the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and as part of the promotion of bilateral relations between the two countries, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa paid a State Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from July 11-12, 2018. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques held fruitful and constructive talks with South Africa's President during which they exchanged views on ways of developing bilateral relations and intensifying cooperation between the two countries in the political, economic, cultural, military and security fields. They reviewed the growing relations between the two countries and confirmed the importance of strengthening common action and expanding the bilateral relations between them in all field to broader prospects. They also stressed the need for more cooperation and efforts to increase trade exchange between them, increase the joint investments in economic projects and infrastructure and provide facilities and incentives for these investments to be in line with the aspirations of the two countries and the two peoples. --More 01:15 LOCAL TIME 22:15 GMT 0040 www.spa.gov.sa/w716201