HE the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance, Ali bin Ahmed al-Kuwari met on Monday with Ueli Maurer, head of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland. The meeting was attended by Daniela Stoffel, state secretary for International Finance; Edgar Doerig, ambassador of Switzerland to the State of Qatar; Herbert Scheidt, chairman, Swiss Bankers Associations; Thomas Gottstein, chief executive officer, Credit Suisse Group; Ralph Hamers, chief executive officer, UBS Group, and Philipp Rickenbacher, chief executive officer Julius Bar. The Qatari side was represented by Saud bin Abdulla al-Attiyah, deputy undersecretary of economic affairs, Ministry of Finance; Yousef al-Jaidah, chief executive officer, QFC; Sheikh Ali bin Al Waleed al-Thani, chief executive officer, IPA, and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, chairman, QIB. During their meeting, the two discussed strengthening the bilateral relations as well as economic co-operation between the two countries.