RIYADH: Saudi ministers have discussed enhancing cooperation in trade and cultural sectors with UK counterparts. Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef, discussed boosting partnership with the UK in the industrial and mining sectors during his meeting with Minister of State for International Trade, Nigel Huddleston. Both ministers, who spoke on the sidelines of the meeting of the GCC Ministers of Trade and Industry in Oman, reviewed investment opportunities and explored ways to increase trade and develop non-oil exports. In a separate meeting, Saudi Assistant Minister of Culture, Rakan Al-Touq, discussed developing various projects in the heritage and museum fields with the UK’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Stephen Parkinson. During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the 45th Extended Session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Al-Touq thanked the UK for supporting the Kingdom’s to the UNESCO Executive Board for 2023-2027. Both officials emphasized the existing Saudi-UK cultural ties and discussed ways to build on them within the framework of the MoU signed between both countries in February 2022 to enhance cultural cooperation.