Polish minister of treasury Aleksander Grad met here today with the Saudi businessmen. Speaking on the occasion, Eng. Saad al-Mijil, the deputy chairman of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce and industry of Riyadh, hoped that the meeting would yield positive results and lead to further boosting volume of trade exchange between the Kingdom and Poland. On his part, the Polish minister urged the Saudi businessmen to invest in Poland and work for enhancing partnership between the Saudi and Polish companies through implementing joint projects. He confirmed that Poland is not passing financial crisis, and added that the Polish privatization program includes about 200 big and medium companies. He said next year will witness the privatization of the entire chemicals sector. Grad pointed out that his country is planning to privatize the electricity sector as well as the airlines and the sector of ship building. The minister reiterated that the banking sector in Poland does not face the menace of the financial crisis and added that 'only two banks are facing crisis, but it is a limited crisis'. The Polish delegation includes representatives of five companies and about 20 senior governmental officials and officials of companies.
