http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Al-Wazir meets Yemeni, Omani businessmen [The Source: .sabanews.net/hadhramaut.info - 07/04/2009] Minister of Transport Khalid al-Wazir, who currently chairs the Yemeni side in the Yemeni-Omani Joint Ministerial Committee, met here on Tuesday members of the Yemeni-Omani Businessmen Council. During the meeting, the minister affirmed the significant role of the Yemeni-Omani Businessmen Council to push forward the trade exchange between Yemen and the Sultanate of Oman so as to achieve a large economic growth through developing the private sector's projects.Al-Wazir indicated the government's underway arrangements related to converting the land border outlets with the neighboring countries to economic and trade land ports equipped with all upgraded equipments for simplifying the trade exchange process between Yemen and those countries. A part of the land outlets converting process will be raised before the private sector investments in loading and unloading goods, passengers and tourists services fields, al-Wazir added.The minister affirmed the Yemeni side's willingness on offering all facilities and solving all problems faced by the businessmen related to enhancing the trade exchange so as to contribute to strengthening the bilateral ties between the two neighboring brotherly countries.The minister was briefed by both Yemeni and Omani heads of the council on the main discussions related to finding a joint trade and industrial area in the borders between the two countries as well as establishing a joint marketing company between the two sides.The Yemeni-Omani businessmen voiced their satisfaction for the ministry's executive steps to convert the land outlets to land ports to get over the current problems, confirming the importance of inaugurating Al-Saeeda Airline flights from Aden and Mukala to Oman that will serve communication between the two peoples and develop mutual trade.It is worth to mention that the Yemeni-Omani Businessmen Council came as a results of the Yemeni-Omani joint ministerial committee's works aiming at introducing the businessmen and investors in the two countries to the available economic potentials and investment opportunities