Minister of Commerce and acting Minister of Media of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi met here today with a number of Egyptian ministers and senior officials. He met separately with Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Hisham Tawfik, Minister of the Public Business Sector, and Counselor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Head of the General Authority of Free Zones and Investment (GAFI). During the meetings trade, economic and investment cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt and ways to ensure an increase in trade and investment rates between the two countries were discussed. In the presence of the Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Egypt Osama bin Ahmed Nugali and the Head of Saudi side in the Saudi Egyptian Joint Business Council Bandar Al-Amiri, Dr. Al-Qasabi honored the Egyptian ministers and officials in recognition of their roles in promoting the Saudi Egyptian trade and investment exchanges.
