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Title	Meeting between the Statistics Korea Commissioner and Saudi Minister of Economic Planning
Date	2019-04-05
KANG Shin-wook, Commissioner of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), met with H.E. Mohamed Al-Tuwaijri, Minister of Economy and Planning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 5, 2019, to exchange views regarding the strengthening of statistical cooperation between the two countries. H.E. Mohamed Al-Tuwaijri expressed his willingness to share the two countries’ experience in innovative ways of statistical production, statistical training, population census, as well as data marketing strategies. The two countries began to collaborate by signing the MOU in 2017. The first Korea-Saudi bilateral meeting was held in Saudi Arabia in 2018. H.E. Mohamed Al-Tuwaijri visited Seoul to attend The 2nd Korea-Saudi Vision 2030 Committee in April 2019. The two countries are planning to hold the second bilateral meeting in Korea during the second half of this year.