Korean Joint Committee Holds 17th Meeting in Riyadh Riyadh, Rabi'I 01, 1436, December 23, 2014, SPA -- The Saudi-Korean Joint Committee held here yesterday its 17th meeting. The Saudi delegation to the meeting is led by Dr. Mohammed bin Suleiman Al-Jasser, Minister of Economy and Planning, and the Korean side is led by South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se. This meeting came within the framework of enhancing relations and joint interest between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and South Korea. For his part, Al-Jasser delivered a speech in which he highlighted important meeting between Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye during the G-20 Summit held in Australia. He also reviewed outcomes of the first Economy and Trade Forum between the Kingdom and South Korea held in Seoul in addition to meetings held between the two countries' senior officials. On behalf of the Saudi delegation, Dr. Al-Jasser thanked the South Korean delegation for technical cooperation provided by the South Korean Ministry of Finance and Strategy representing in Korean Institute for Development and the Ministry of Economy and Planning and other governmental institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of knowledge sharing program. --More 11:07 LOCAL TIME 08:07 GMT تغريد
