Arabia to Open First Trade Office in China
Saudi Arabia has appointed an official with the status of ambassador to head its first trade office in China in what diplomats said was a move toward setting up full diplomatic relations.
The London-based Saudi Arabian daily Asharq al-Awsat said Friday that the trade office will have benefits similar to those granted to diplomatic missions.
It said the chief of the protocol department at the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Tawfik Khaled Alamdar, will be in charge of the office, Riyadh’s first trade mission in a Communist state.
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