VOL. XLV

No 14

8-April-2002

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi-SinoTrade Increased Fivefold In 10 Years

Speaking at a press conference during the course of anofficial Chinese, visit the Saudi Minister of Finance, Dr Ibrahimal-Assaf confirmed on 1 April that tradebetween the two countries had risen fivefold in the past 10 years. Officialsfrom both sides, however, spoke of the need to increase bilateral trade. Localpress reports say that the two sides discussed means of boosting tradeincluding increasing the level...