Bahrain’s Minister of Sustainable Development and CE of Bahrain EDB Joins Ministerial Panel at the 2024 GCC-ASEAN Economic & Investment Conference 

Bahrain’s Minister of Sustainable Development and CE of Bahrain EDB Joins Ministerial Panel at the 2024 GCC-ASEAN Economic & Investment Conference 

H.E. Noor bint Ali Alkhulaif, Minister of Sustainable Development and Chief Executive of Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB) joined senior ministers and leaders at the GCC-ASEAN Economic & Investment Conference, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 28, 2024; attending the opening ceremony, participating in the closing ministerial panel discussion and additionally hosting several bilateral meetings with key counterparts and officials at the sidelines of the conference. The 2024 conference aimed to encourage increased economic cooperation and explore investment opportunities between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the nine members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) across various sectors. Bahrain’s Minister of Sustainable Development and Chief Executive of Bahrain EDB joined H.E. Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Dato’ Hairil Yahri Yaacob, Secretary General at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia, H.E Russ Jalichandra, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, in a panel titled ‘Economics, Investments, Trade & Partnerships’. The high-level panel explored joint trade and investment opportunities between GCC and ASEAN across the priority sectors identified across both regions, discussing mechanisms to enhance ties in line