SLOVENIA'S PRIME MINISTER JANEZ JANSA HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA THROUGH JOINT INVESTMENTS BETWEEN SAUDI BUSINESSMEN AND THEIR SLOVENIAN COUNTERPARTS. THE REMARKS OF THE SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER CAME HERE TODAY DURING A MEETING WITH THE SAUDI BUSINESSMEN IN THE PRESENCE OF MINISTER OF COMMERCE DR HASHIM YAMANI. HE SHED LIGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS COUNTRY'S ECONOMY FOLLOWING ITS ADMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION. JANSA LAUDED THE ROLE BEING PLAYED BY SAUDI ARABIA FOR REALIZING STABILITY OF OIL PRICES AT THE WORLD MARKET. JANSA, WHO IS THE FIRST SLOVENIAN PREMIER TO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA, SAID COOPERATION BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND SLOVENIA WILL BENEFIT THE TWO COUNTRIES. HE NOTED THAT THE KINGDOM PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR VARIOUS INVESTMENTS. ON HIS PART, RASHID AL-RASHID, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SAUDI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, SAID THE KINGDOM'S ADMISSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WILL BOOST ITS ECONOMY. HE UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOSTING TRADE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
