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Guests attend the Global AI 2020 (Artificial Intelligence) Summit.
Guests attend the Global AI 2020 (Artificial Intelligence) Summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Oct. 21, 2020. - FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images
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A US-Saudi business forum will kick off in Riyadh tomorrow. 

The Federation of Saudi Chambers will host the Saudi-US Business Forum at its headquarters in the Saudi capital with participation from the US Embassy in Riyadh. Around 200 American and Saudi businesspeople from the defense, renewable energy, informational technology and various other sectors will attend, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Al-Monitor’s efforts to reach the US Embassy in Riyadh were unsuccessful. 

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