Dr. Fahd Balghunaim, Minister of Agriculture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who is currently visiting Australia, held talks with the Prime Minister of Western Australian government Colin Banert in the state's capital of Berth today. Saudi Charge D'Affaires in Australia and Newzealand Minister Plenipotentiary Ridha bin Abdulmohsen Al-Nuz-ha and Director General of the General Commission for Grain Silos and Flour Mills Waleed Al-Khiraiji attended the meeting on the Saudi side while Western Australia's Minister of Agriculture and the state's senior officials represented Australia. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the commercial opportunities and aspects of cooperation available for the two countries in the commercial and agricultural fields. Later, the Minister of Agriculture of the State of West Australia Terry Redmann held a dinner party in honor of Balghunaim and the accompanying delegation. The delegation was briefed on Australia's ways of storing, discharging and loading grains for abroad. --SPA
