On 22 February 2011 at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Saudi Arabia – Bulgaria Business Forum was held with the participation of nine Bulgarian companies working in various economic sectors such as ship transport, oil products, agriculture, real estate, machine building and production of spare parts, production of tyres, production of facing stones, software products, legal consultations, information technologies and renewable energy.
Around 15 Saudi Arabian companies, which expressed their desire to participate in the forum in advance, were presented. Within the Forum a meeting was held between Mr. Hussein Al-Athel, Secretary General of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Nikolay Filipov, President of the Bulgaria-Saudi Arabia Business Council with the BCCI and Mr. Mohamed Saker, Vice President of the Council.