QBA, Business France explore investment opportunities – The Peninsula

QBA, Business France explore investment opportunities – The Peninsula

Doha: French Ambassador for International Investments and Chairman of Business France Pascal Cagni said that France is one of the most important trading partners of Qatar, and Doha is one of the most prominent investors in his country. Speaking during a meeting with the Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA).

The trade exchange between the two countries reached about QR6.3bn last year, with the presence of 120 French companies, he said during the meeting which was held at QBA’s office.

The meeting was attended by QBA board members, Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, Sherida Al Kaabi and Saud Al Mana, while from QBA members, Khalid Al Mannai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Faisal Al Thani, Sheikh Faisal bin Fahd Al Thani, Ashraf Abu Issa, Moataz Al Khayat, Abdul Salam Abu Issa, Maqbool Khalfan, Muhammad Al Misnad, Ihsan Al Khiyami, Dafer Halawa, in addition to Sarah Abdullah, Deputy GM attended the meeting. As from the French delegation, Pascal Cagni, French Ambassador for International Investments and Chairman of Business France attended, in the presence of Ambassador of France to Qatar H E Jean-Baptiste Faivre.

During the meeting, discussions on trade, industrial and investment relations between France and Qatar and ways to develop them took place. The French side