Within the framework of the visit of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to Syria, a meeting was held here today between Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Ala'ssaf and his Syrian counterpart Dr. Mohammad Alhosain. During the meeting, they discussed prospects for Saudi-Syrian economic cooperation in general and stressed the importance of boosting the work of the Saudi-Syrian joint ministerial committee as well as investment and trade between the two countries. The two ministers agreed to increase the capital of the Saudi-Syrian Company for Industrial and Agricultural Investments, to immediately cancel the ceramics fee imposed by Syria and to cancel the olive oil fee imposed by Saudi Arabia to boost trade between the two countries.
