Jerisi delivered a speech in which he said that the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince urge the Saudi business sector to develop joint action in order to promote investment and trade cooperation with all friendly countries, pointing out that the Saudi private sector is playing a prominent role in this field. He also said that the trade exchange between the two countries is growing rapidly to reach nearly SR 13 billion in 2007. On the sidelines of the visit, a number of agreements was signed.