RASHID, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAUDI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF CEMENTING ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND ENABLING THE BUSINESSMEN FROM EXPLOITING THE AVAILABLE ECONOMIC POTENTIALITIES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES. HE NOTED THAT THE VOLUME OF TRADE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE KINGDOM AND RUSSIA JUMPED FROM ONLY $88.5 MILLION IN 1999 TO $412 MILLION IN 2005.
