Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel and Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef will shortly address the trade and investment forum about to begin in Pretoria. Both ministers will witness the launch of the South Africa-Saudi Arabia Joint Business Council. The objective of the forum is to provide South African and Saudi Arabian companies with a strategic platform to engage in bilateral trade and investment opportunities in both markets, while simultaneously affording them access to senior decision-makers and stakeholders. Saudi Arabia continues to be SA's strategic partner in the Middle East. It is South Africa's second-largest trading partner in the Middle East and the largest source of imports from the region. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.