Sayyid Badr meets chairman of EXIM Bank, reviews ties

Muscat: Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister yesterday received Kimberly Reed, President and Chairman of Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of the United States of America (USA).

The meeting reviewed friendship and cooperation between the Sultanate and the USA.

The meeting also explored means of promoting financial and banking cooperation and enhancing trade and investment partnership between the two friendly countries, within the framework of the Sultanate-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as well as the existing strategic relations.

The two sides reiterated keenness to support areas of science and technology transfer and entrepreneurship as per the agreement signed on this regard. They also explored means of polishing youth skills to achieve the prospective goals sought by the two countries.