Deputy Governor of the Authority for International Organizations and Agreements, Chairman of the Saudi Negotiating Team, H.E. Mr. Fareed bin Saeed Al-Asaly headed the eighth meeting on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the General Authority of Foreign Trade in Riyadh. Moreover, Heads of technical negotiating teams, department managers, and technical team coordinators attended the meeting.
This meeting comes for preparing to hold the sixth round of the free trade agreement negotiations between GCC countries and the South Korean Republic, during 24-28 October 2022, in Seoul, Korea.
During the meeting, a summary of negotiations progress reviewed and discussion the agreement terms with the heads of technical negotiating teams. The meeting included technical negotiating teams' topics that related to items, origin rules, investment, services, e-commerce, and general provisions.
It is noteworthy that the Saudi negotiating team works to supervise and follow up on the trade negotiations progress to ensure their compatibility with the Kingdom's commercial objectives and policies, to participate in trade negotiations to include the Kingdom's negotiating decisions, and to coordinate with identical or similar orientations countries in international trade.