RIYADH: During the inaugural local edition of the UKSA Creative Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday, Lord Ed Vaizey and businessman Abdulaziz Al-Muqyteeb laid the groundwork for enhanced Saudi-UK creative collaboration.
Vaizey, who was formerly the UK’s culture minister, stressed the importance of collaboration between the two countries.
“The British creative economy can learn as much from Saudi, as Saudi can learn from the British,” he told Arab News.
“I think for too long in the West, there’s been this feeling that we should go over to Saudi and tell people what to do, and now, actually, I think it has got to a stage where we want to see many more Saudi people coming to London and telling us about the incredible innovations that they are introducing in the world of culture.”
“It’s a coming together of people, British people who love Saudi and hopefully Saudi people who love Britain, exchanging ideas.”
