DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has appointed financial advisers for a planned green debt issuance but has yet to decide on the format, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Sunday.
He also said told Reuters in a virtual interview that Saudi Arabia’s economy was recovering well from the COVID-19 pandemic and he expected the non-oil economy to grow between 4.7-5 percent this year, with overall GDP growth seen at 2.8 percent.
Authorities have no plans for now to adjust value-added tax, he said, after tripling it last year to 15 percent to offset the impact of lower oil revenue on state finances.
Speaking from Rome, where he attended a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, Jadaan said the kingdom, the world’s top oil exporter, was working towards a sustainable economy, revenues and energy sources.
“The sovereign has multiple projects that are green. We have a lot of solar, wind, power plants that require financing and we have multiple new plans in the pipeline,” he said.