Saudi trade minister to visit Egypt in March

Saudi Commerce Minister Usama Jafar Faqih will pay a visit to Egypt in March, during which he will meet with high-ranking Egyptian officials and Egyptian Economy Minister Yusef Boutros Ghali.

Saudi sources said the Saudi - Egyptian meetings will discuss means of enhancing and supporting cooperation between the two states in the shadow of bilateral relations and commercial and economic exchange.

The sources also said there is a Saudi trend to increase exchanges of exports between the two states and increase the number of Egyptian laborers in Saudi Arabia.