FINNISH MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT PAULA LEHTOMAKI SAID AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTS WILL BE SIGNED BY SAUDI ARABIA AND FINLAND DURING THE VISIT OF OMAR AL-DABBAGH, THE GOVERNOR OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN GENERAL INVESTMENT AUTHORITY (SAGIA), TO FINLAND WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. SPEAKING AT HER MEETING WITH THE SAUDI BUSINESSMEN HERE TODAY, SHE SAID HER VISIT TO THE KINGDOM AIMS AT ACCELERATING THE WHEEL OF JOINT INVESTMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND BOOSTING ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION. ON HIS PART, ABDULRAHMAN AL-JIREISI, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF RIYADH, REITERATED THE KEENNESS OF THE SAUDI BUSINESSMEN ON BENEFITING FROM THE AVAILABLE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. HE UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING THE SAUDI EXPORTS TO FINLAND AND MARKETING THE SAUDI PRODUCTS IN THE FINNISH MARKETS.
