Saudi Minister of finance Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf led the Saudi delegation to the meetings of the monetary and financial committee of the international monetary fund, held in Washington yesterday. Addressing the meeting, Dr Al-Assaf shed light on the economic situation in the Kingdom and the world in general in the light of the current world economic crisis. He noted that despite the economic crisis and decline of the oil prices the performance of the Saudi economy in 2008 was strong. --MORE
