22 February 2008
Dr. Mohamed A. Almulhim
Dear Dr. Almulhim,
We wish to thank you very much indeed for the most interesting and enjoyable visit in Saudi Arabia. From the very first minute we arrived in your beautiful country we felt at home and among friends. We found all our meetings most interesting. We very much appreciated to meet arbitration colleagues the first night and discuss arbitration in Saudi Arabia and Sweden. Such discussions will no doubt be important for our future co-operation in the field of arbitration. It was also extremely interesting the meet the new head of the Council d’Etat and hear his thoughts of arbitration in Saudi Arabia. The meeting with the governor of the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia provided another perspective and we very much appreciated to learn more of critical economic issues in Saudi Arabia and internationally. The gathering in the desert was not only a great pleasure but also very interesting as it gave us an opportunity for informal talks and discussion with the many interesting and most kind participants. We also wish to thank you that you arranged that we could attend the wedding. It was a wonderful occasion, which we will never forget.
However, despite the many interesting meeting and activities, what we most of all appreciated was meeting you. Your wisdom, your broad outlook, your experience and your great kindness made every minute in your company most interesting and pleasant, and for this we wish, again, to thank you very much.
Please convey our very best greeting to all those that contributed to make our visit valuable and so nice.
We look forward to seeing you soon again.
Yours sincerely
Johan Gernandt Ulf Franke Chairman Secretary General