Saudi-Austrian trade ties hike

Austria’s trade relations with Saudi Arabia reached new heights, evidenced by the success of the recent visit to the Kingdom of a huge contingent of Austrian businessmen. The five-day business-to-business meetings by a group of 25 entrepreneurs from Austria representing the small- & medium-sized enterprises in multi-sector with their local counterparts - which concluded recently - were characterized by heightened interest from their local counterparts, Pierre Prunis, Commercial Counselor, Austrian Embassy in Riyadh, told the Saudi Gazette in an interview. During the group’s two-day stay in Jeddah on the third and final leg of the group’s visit to the Kingdom, which brought them to Riyadh for two days and one day in Dammam, the productive interactions with their Saudi peers were anchored on the high regard for the quality of Austrian products and services, leading into ever-growing trade ties between the two countries, he noted.