Norwegian Minister of Trade Monica Maeland urged Norway's companies today to take advantage of investment opportunities available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a TV interview, the minister highlighted the economic relations between the two countries, saying that the volume of trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and Norway reached 1.8 billion Norwegian Krone in 2012. For his part, the Saudi Charge D'affaires Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Fadhl encouraged Norwegian firms to invest in the Kingdom, as it has a positive investment environment attested by reports and endorsements of world financial institutions.