The Joint Business Council (JBC) of Saudi Arabia and India held its second meeting in the Indian capital on Wednesday 17^th 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.