Qatari Business Forum in Korea
A delegation from the Qatari Businessmen association headed by Shk.Faisal Bin Qasem Al Thani chairman of QBA held a series of meetings with distinguished Korean businessman during the Qatari-Korean economic forum that is taking place in Seoul South korea from Wednesday 31 January till Friday 2 February 2007.
The official Qatari delegation was headed by first Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E Shk.Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani, and accompanied by H.E Mr.Hussein Youssef Kamal Minister of Finance and acting Minister of Economy and Commerce.And included a group of prominent businessmen representing top Qatari companies.
The Forum is expected to significantly raise the level of economic cooperation between the two countries by utilizing Qatari resources through the Korean technical expertise experience,technology,and success in many fields such as biomedics,telecommunications,industry,and finance.Thus paving the way into establishing a strategic partnership between Qatar and Korea.
A memorandum of understanding was signed in the opening of the forum in the presence of first Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E Shk.Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani , H.E Mr.Hussein Youssef Kamal Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Economy and Commerce,and the South Korean Minister of Economy and Commerce between Shk.Faisal Bin Qasem Al Thani QBAs Chairman and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) that includes 65 thousand distinguished Korean companies and has branches worldwide such as new York and Brussels. The MOU noticed the parties’ agreement on identifying opportunities of economic cooperation between companies of both countries .in addition two organizing meetings and exchanging delegations to view possible joint projects in detail
QBAs chairman shk.Faisal Bin Qasem Al Thani EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE KOREAN OFFICIALS for hosting the forum and hoped that Korea would become qatars business gateway to east Asia.
During the forumQBAs Chairman Shk.Faisal Bin Qasem Al Thani presented to Mr.Charles Massfield chairman of Helvetica and Mr.Hee Beon Lee chairman of KITA two souvenirs complementing them for their efforts in organizing the Qatar-korean economic forum