THE COUNCIL OF SAUDI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HELD A LUNCHEON HERE TODAY IN HONOR OF SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ROH MOO-HYUN. AT THE OUTSET OF THE FUNCTION, DR. FAHD BIN SALEH AL-SULTAN, THE COUNCIL'S SECRETARY GENERAL WELCOMED THE KOREAN PRESIDENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION OF OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSMEN. THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN ABDULRAHMAN BIN RASHID AL-RASHID GAVE A SPEECH EXPRESSING SAUDI BUSINESSMEN'S APPRECIATION OF THE KOREAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. HE SAID THE VISIT SHOWED THE PRESIDENT'S KEENNESS TO BOLSTER COOPERATION AS WELL AS TRADE AND INVESTMENT EXCHANGES. THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED A SPEECH HIGHLIGHTING THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE KINGDOM AND UNDERLINING THE STRONG RELATIONS BETWEEN THE KINGDOM AND SOUTH KOREA.