Riyadh, Safar 14, 1440, Oct 23, 2018, SPA -- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, and Minister of Defense, who is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), met here today with a number of heads of the sovereign funds and industrial and technical companies from Russia, China, France, Japan, Italy, South Africa and Turkey, in presence of Supervisor of Public Investment Fund Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan and Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), on the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) 2018 held in Riyadh. During the meeting, a number of initiatives in various investment fields were discussed. --SPA 20:59 LOCAL TIME 17:59 GMT 0040 www.spa.gov.sa/w774370