DUBAI - Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Wednesday he expects Saudi Arabia's domestic debt markets to become more liquid after a large expansion last year.

"We have reformed the capital markets both on the equity side and the debt side, and the debt markets liquidity has grown by about 200% during 2020, and we’re likely to see even more growth in that area because the market has a depth (and) investors are looking for safe yields and this market provides that," he said.

Jadaan was speaking at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh.

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