SASO has signed an agreement for technical cooperation with the Mexican Ministry of Economy ( SE), in the presence of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and His Excellency the President of the United Mexican States Enrique Peña Nieto. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of SASO's Board of Directors and from the Mexican side, Mr. Ildefonso Villarreal, Minister of Economy.

       For his part, Dr. Saad bin Othman Al Kasabi Governor of SASO, has commended this cooperation between the Kingdom and Mexico in the field of  standards, metrology and quality. He stressed that this would strengthen the joint work in the field of standards and the promotion of trade exchange between the two countries, expressing that the Kingdom is keen to strengthen cooperation between the Kingdom and Mexico. In addition, that was to approve further cooperation programs for consumer protection from goods and products non-confirming to the standards, and to develop the Kingdom's relations with all the relevant authorities of different areas of standardization.

      Dr. Al Kasabi  has pointed out that the signing of this program comes within the framework of joint cooperation in various fields of standardization  in order to develop trade and confirm the quality of imported and exported goods, to eliminate technical barriers of trade, and to protect consumer safety.

    It is noteworthy that such agreement was on the sidelines of the Mexican president's visit to the Kingdom, which witnessed the signing of nine agreements, memoranda of understanding, and technical cooperation program, between the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Mexican States, in the presence of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Mexican President.