Saqqaf briefs Saudi businesspeople on opportunities in Jordan

AMMAN — Minister of Investment Kholoud Saqqaf on Sunday invited businessmen and investors from Saudi Arabia to take advantage of Jordan’s attractive investment benefits and opportunities. During a virtual meeting organised by the Ministry of Investment and Jordan Chamber of Commerce with the President of the Saudi-Jordanian Business Council Hamdan Simrin and 28 investors, Saqqaf said that economic relations between Jordan and Saudi Arabia have reached an "advanced" level in many areas, especially investment and trade.

She stressed the importance of benefiting from free trade agreements that Jordan has signed with many countries, which allow products to be exported to many global markets, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The minister added that Saudi investments are one of Jordan's largest foreign investments and are spread across many high value-added sectors, such as industry, infrastructure, banking, trade, tourism, real estate development, agriculture and healthcare.