RIYADH: Trade ties in light of the free trade agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council and South Korea were discussed when a leading Saudi minister met the East Asian country’s prime minister.   As part of his three-day visit to the republic, Saudi Minister of Commerce Majid Al-Qasabi held talks with Han Duck-soo in Seoul. An FTA between South Korea and the GCC was signed in December 2023, with the East Asian nation agreeing to remove tariffs on almost 90 percent of all items, including liquefied natural gas and other petroleum products.