SINGAPORE'S PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG, ON A STATE VISIT TO THE KINGDOM, HELD TALKS HERE TODAY WITH THE GOVERNOR OF SAUDI ARABIAN GENERAL INVESTMENT AUTHORITY (SAGIA) AMR DABBAGH. LOONG'S ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION AND SENIOR OFFICIALS OF SAGIA PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETING. AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING, DABBAGH WELCOMED THE PRIME MINISTER, WISHING HIM GOOD STAY IN THE KINGDOM AND SUCCESS IN HIS MISSION. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, A WORKSHOP ON INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN THE KINGDOM WAS HELD. IN A KEY SPEECH, LOONG LAUDED THE DEEP-ROOTED TIES BINDING ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN GENERAL AND SINGAPORE AND SAUDI ARABIA IN PARTICULAR. ASIA, FUELLED BY THE GROWTH OF CHINA AND INDIA, IS SURGING AHEAD AT A PACE UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS HISTORY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE MIDDLE EAST, ESPECIALLY THE GULF COUNTRIES, IS ALSO EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH. --MORE
