MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE LETTER TO COMMERCE

UNCLAS AMMAN 003322 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ELA E.O. 12958:N/A TAGS: BEXP EINV OTRA JO SUBJECT: MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE LETTER TO COMMERCE SECRETARY ON 2008 TRADE AND INVESTMENT CONFERENCE SIPDIS ¶1. The Commercial Section received on August 6 a letter, dated July 19, 2007, from H.E. Minister of Industry and Trade Mr. Salim Al-Khazaleh, addressed to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, concerning the proposed January 2008 Trade and Investment Conference in Jordan. Full text of the letter follows. Post will forward the original letter to the Department of Commerce. Please refer any questions or comments regarding this correspondence to FCS Assistant Rabab ARAFAT at +962-6-590-6632 or arafatrn@state.gov. ¶2. Begin text: Excellency, In reference to your letter of June 25, 2007, in which you confirmed the date for the U.S-Middle East Trade and Investment Conference that will take place in Amman-Jordan on 14/1/2008. It is with great pleasure that we accept the above mentioned date for holding this conference. I look forward to meeting you on January 14, 2008, in hopes of achieving concrete results which in turn will enhance economic and trade relations between our countries. Please accept your Excellency my highest regards. Yours Sincerely, Salim Al-Khazaleh Minister of Industry and Trade End text. Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman HALE