Sri Lanka Ambassador: We seek to explore further trade and tourism opportunities between the two countries

                                                                                                                                                                   Sri Lanka Ambassador, Mohamed Azmi, that Sri Lanka is on its way towards taking on new dimensions that will enhance investment fields on its land, calling on Saudi companies to explore investment opportunities in his country.
    The Secretary General of Asharqia Chamber, Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al Wabel, has received Monday, August 1, 2016, Sri Lanka ambassador in Saudi, Mohamed Azmi, During the meeting, they exchanged conversations about the fields of economic cooperation between the two countries and ways of enhancing them in the near future.
    Azmi said that his country seeks to  enhance the numbers of qualified and trained Sri Lankans to work in the Kingdom , referring to what was set by his government of cultural and training programs aiming  at educating and training its workers to the nature and quality of the work within the Kingdom.
    Azmi also pointed that Sri Lanka has become a tourist destination for many Saudi tourists, and that because of its locations and attractive tour packages to suit all segments of Saudi society, noting that the tourism sector holds many of the profitable investment opportunities. Ambassador Azmi, has offered the general secretary with a briefe on the details of the World Export Development Forum which will be hosted by Sri Lanka during the next month of October.
  Al Wabel, welcomed Sri Lankan Ambassador , referring to the economic amount of business between the two countries particularly regarding  labor and trade exchanges hands of technicians, pointing to the many vital issues in the discussion which is expected to form a future interest in the cooperation between the two sides.
    He pointed that the chamber is keen to have a role in enhancing mutual economic relations between the Kingdom and the rest of the world, saying that the chamber is ready to empower all potentials to receive economic delegations, and providing commercial and investment informations they need, in order to expand investment and foreign trade departments.