Ambassador Al Saleh meets with NZ Minister of Trade and Minister of Primary Industries

The Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Australia and New Zealand Nabil Al Saleh met with the Minister of Primary Industries in New Zealand Nathan Guy in the city of Wellington, capital of New Zealand, in the presence of Deputy Ambassador Faisal Hifzi.

Minister Guy congratulated Ambassador Al Saleh for his submission of credentials as a non-resident ambassador of New Zealand. During the meeting, the Minister also discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries, and the also the issue of transferring technology in New Zealand to Saudi Arabia.

The meeting also welcomed the cooperation agreement on arrangements to export livestock, which was signed in Riyadh recently, which would support the balance of trade and also increase the agricultural and livestock investments between the two countries.

Ambassador Al Saleh also met the Minister of Trade in New Zealand Mr. Tim Groser in his office in the New Zealand Parliament. Mr. Grosser congratulated the Ambassador on his submission of credentials and also discussed a number of topics concerning the economic and trade relations between the two countries, in particular the signing of the Free-Trade Agreement.

Ambassador Al Saleh and the Deputy Ambassador Faisal Hifzi also held talks with the director of the Middle East Ministry of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Jonathon Aston and the NZ Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both parties there reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and a number of issues of common interest.

Comments are closed.