The Saudi Crown Prince, Emir Abdullah Bin Abdull-Aziz, recently sponsored a forum for investment in Jazan and the Tuhama fields at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh, reported Al-Watan. Accompanied by several ministers and officials, 2,500 local and foreign businessmen and investors participated in the forum. Representatives of more than 30 local and foreign companies attended this two-day event in order to discuss the status of the agricultural sector in Jazan and Tuhama areas. They also reviewed the incentives awarded by the government to foreign investors in agriculture. — (menareport.com)
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