On 12th January, in Al Ula in Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman co-chaired the first meeting of a High Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) between the two countries. According to a press release from the Prime Minister’s office, Mr Mitsotakis stressed that this is the first time that Greece has established a High Level Strategic Cooperation Council with a country from the Middle East.