The President of Qatar Chamber, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, noted the growth of trade exchange with Turkey during the last five years by more than 100%, as the value of trade exchange reached 1.91 billion US dollars in 2020 compared to about 900 million dollars in 2016.
This came during his meeting with the President of the Turkish Independent Businessmen and Industrialists Association (MUSIAD) Abdul Rahman Kan, in which they reviewed ways to enhance trade and investment cooperation between the two sides, the available investment opportunities, as well as the possibility of cooperation between the Qatari private sector and its Turkish counterpart in establishing joint investments outside the two countries.
Khalifa Al Thani affirmed that "the Qatari-Turkish relations have witnessed a great development in recent years, which has greatly affected the cooperation between the business sectors in the two countries," noting "the presence of hundreds of Turkish companies operating in the Qatari market in partnership with Qatari companies in various economic sectors," especially in trade, contracting, services and hospitality," adding that "the Qatari private sector sees Turkey as an attractive investment destination."
For his part, Abdul-Rahman Kan pointed to MUSIAD's desire" to establish close cooperation relations with the Qatar Chamber to enhance mutual investments between businessmen from the two countries, and to establish commercial partnerships in various sectors.
Source (Al-Raya Newspaper-Qatar, Edited)
