Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 5

30-January-2006

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Signs Cooperation Agreements With ChinaSaudi Arabia and China on 23 January signed several cooperation agreements including one covering the energy sector at the culmination of King ʹAbd Allahs first visit since his accession to the throne. Other agreements covered double taxation, the Saudi-Chinese joint economic commission, a loan to improve infrastructure in the city of Aksu in Chinas oil-rich Xinjiang region...