RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef has begun a visit to Tunisia to head the Kingdom’s delegation in meetings which begin on Tuesday of the Saudi-Tunisian Joint Committee, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The minister is also set to participate in the Saudi-Tunisian Investment and Partnership Forum. The visit will include several bilateral meetings with Tunisian government officials to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries, activate joint cooperation mechanisms, and enhance investment opportunities. It will also witness the signing of a number of memorandums of understanding between the two countries on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Saudi-Tunisian Joint Committee. These will be in the fields of agricultural scientific research, industry, water, environmental protection, meteorology and climate, and tourism and labor, while several agreements between the private sectors in the two countries will also be signed. The committee held its 10th session in Riyadh in April 2019, which saw several joint cooperation agreements signed to enhance the volume of trade and investment exchange between the two countries, in addition to discussions regarding bilateral partnerships in a number of fields.