The first session of the Forum on the Economy and Arab Cooperation with the Central Asian States and the Republic of Azerbaijan was concluded today in Riyadh. The forum, which carried the title of Prospects for Trade and Investment, was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was inaugurated today by Prince Saud Al -Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The session issued the Riyadh Declaration, which stated that the session was attended by Arab foreign, finance and economy ministers, Secretary General of the Arab League Dr. Nabil Elaraby, foreign, finance and economy ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Kazakhstan in addition to Arab business organizations and their counterparts in Central Asia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Participants confirmed their intention to work on the development of economic relations and partnership between the two parties to contribute to the development and well-being and contribute to the establishment of peace and stability in their regions. The participants expressed their appreciation to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for hosting the first session of the forum in the kingdom as being the party behind the initiative to propose cooperation and promotion of Arab relations with the countries of Central Asia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the areas of development and economic development and strive to be expanded to include the political, social and cultural fields. --More 15:45 LOCAL TIME 12:45 GMT تغريد
