The Joint Business Council (JBC) of Saudi Arabia and India held its second meeting in the Indian capital on Wednesday 17th January 2007 in the presence of the Minister of Commerce & Industry H.E. Dr. Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani co-Chairman of Saudi/India Joint Commission, and the Saudi Ambassador Mr. Saleh Mohd. Al-Ghamdi.

 

As part of the Joint Commission meetings, Dr. Yamani met his Indian counterpart H.E. Mr. P.Chidambaram, the Minister of Finance and co-Chairman of the Joint Commission from Indian side. He also paid a courtesy call on the Minister of External Affairs of India, H.E. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee.

 

After the JBC meeting which was co-chaired by Dr. Abdul Rehman Al-Rabia from the Saudi side, the Saudi businessmen held meetings with their counterparts in the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. A group of Saudi businessmen representing information technology companies in the Kingdom will also visit Bangalore and Hyderabad.