President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea, stressed the importance of her country's relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which was established nearly 53 years. The president said the relations contributed to strengthening the two countries' economies and the Saudi market has provided opportunities for the growth of Korean companies specialized in infrastructure. She made the remarks during the Saudi-Korean Business Forum organized by the Council of Saudi Chambers in Riyadh in the presence of Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Tawfiq Al- Rabiah, Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority Engineer Abdullatif Al-Othman, and a number of officials in the two countries. She stated that the forum is part of fruitful and historical cooperation between the two countries and reaffirms the existence of a genuine desire to increase cooperation and take advantage of new opportunities and achieve fruitful partnership in light of the excellent relations between the two governments in the presence of an active business sector. The president cited the presence of a trade delegation from her country representing a number of Korean companies in various professional, technical, industrial and service areas that had some contributions to the establishment of major projects in the kingdom in the past and the current period. She expressed pride in her country being the fourth trade partner of the kingdom and the fact that Koreans have worked hard in the field of development and construction of infrastructure in the kingdom and the role played by Korean construction workers in the area of construction in the kingdom in the seventies and eighties of the last century. --More 13:45 LOCAL TIME 10:45 GMT تغريد
