LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – British finance minister Rachel Reeves will attend an investment summit in Saudi Arabia on Monday and seek to advance trade talks with other Gulf countries, in what officials said was the first visit to the region by a British finance minister in six years.
Saudi Arabia will host its flagship gathering of global political leaders and company chief executives in Riyadh this week, and Reeves expects to meet senior Saudi royals, members of President Donald Trump’s administration and business figures.
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Reeves also intends to speak with her counterparts from Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar to try to progress a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council – a six-nation group with which successive British administrations have sought to reach an agreement after leaving the European Union in 2020.
UK finance minister to join Saudi investment summit and hold Gulf trade talks
