It has barely passed 4pm, and except for an immigrant security guard there is no sign of life in the labyrinthine corridors of the Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning. It is an unpropitious environment for Euromoney’s first interview since the Arab Spring with a senior government minister in the Arab world’s biggest economy.
When Mohammed Al Jasser’s office is eventually reached – in a top-floor corner of the ministry – it is a mini-cluster of activity in an otherwise deserted building.
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