Amir’s tour echoes Qatar’s keenness to build robust partnerships across Asia, says Sheikh Khalifa| Gulf Times – Gulf Times

Amir’s tour echoes Qatar’s keenness to build robust partnerships across Asia, says Sheikh Khalifa| Gulf Times – Gulf Times

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani's Asia tour will beef up Qatar's co-operation relations with Asia across economic, trade and investment areas, said Chairperson of the Qatar Chamber (QC), Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani.

He said His Highness the Amir’s visits to the Philippines, Nepal and Bangladesh are driven by a Qatari approach to push forward its relations and partnerships across Asia — part of a broader strategy to boost the common interests of the State of Qatar and its Asian partners.

Highlighting the existing multi-sector Doha-Manila relations, Sheikh Khalifa said His Highness the Amir’s visit to the Philippines would definitely bolster relations and open new horizons for bilateral cooperation and partnerships, especially across the trade and economic areas.

The trade relations between Qatar and the Philippines have remarkably grown in recent years, with the total trade between the two countries reaching QR732mn in 2023.

Sheikh Khalifa attributed this growth to the key contributions of Qatari and Filipino private sectors via building commercial partnerships and alliances, urging businesses in both countries to capitalize on foreign investment promotion policies in the two countries, and to seize the opportunities available to launch joint projects that would send bilateral trade volumes even higher.

He highlighted