Dear 007,

It might surprise you 007 but there is a lot of trade going on between Canada and Saudi as we speak.  Canadians are welcomed in Saudi no less than other respected nationals.

The article you refer to is almost a year old and the situation, I would suggest, has changed significantly.

I believe the current thinking is that both parties wish all this was behind them, and have no desire to escalate matters further.

Hope that helps,

Peter