Saudi Business Council delegation meets with a number of Tunisian ministers and senior officials

Tunis, February 12, SPA -- On the sidelines of the meetings of the
Saudi-Tunisian Business Council, ongoing in the Tunisian capital,
Tunis, the Saudi side held working meetings with a number of Tunisian
ministers and senior officials for discussions on bilateral
cooperation in various fields, ways of developing it and supporting
investment and trade partnership between the two countries.

In this context, the Saud delegation, led by Dr. Abdulrahman
bin Abdulmohsen Al-Tuwaijri met today with the Tunisian Minister of
Labor Selim Al-Talatli; Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources
Abdulsalam Mansour and other senior officials.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Dr. Al-Tuwaijri
expressed satisfaction over the results of the meetings of
Saudi-Tunisian Business Council.
"The meetings provided an opportunity for the Saudi side to shed
light on the economic development in the Kingdom, the different
fields of investments and the features of the economy, which he
believed were not negatively affected by the global financial crisis,
thanks to its strong fundamentals and the solid programs and
regulations", Al-Tuwaijri added.
He said the Saudi Tunisian Business Council emphasized the
importance of a sea route between the two countries to facilitate the
flow of trade.
Al-Tuwaijri concluded that the next meeting of the
Saudi-Tunisian Business Council will be held in Riyadh in July 2009.

--SPA