Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani has led the chamber’s delegation participating in the board of directors meeting of the Arab-French Chamber of Commerce held recently in Paris, France.
The delegation included board member Dr Khalid bin Klefeekh al-Hajri, general manager Saleh bin Hamad al-Sharqi, and assistant director general for Government Relations and Committees Affairs Ali BuSherbak al-Mansouri.
The meeting’s agenda touched on ratifying the minutes of the previous meeting held on December 8, 2021, amending the statute, closing the accounts and budget for 2021, updating the 2022 budget, and discussing the chamber's activities report during the past year.
Sheikh Khalifa praised the fast-growing relations between Arab countries and France, noting that Qatar Chamber works closely with Arab member chambers in the Arab-French Chamber of Commerce to unify stances towards the various economic and commercial issues in a way that leads to promoting trade volume between Arab countries and France.
He underscored the close relations between Qatar and France, stressing the chamber’s keenness to bolster cooperation ties between Qatari businessmen and their counterparts from France.
“France an important trade partner to Qatar,” he said, adding that trade volume last year amounted to QR6.3bn, a 26% increase over QR5bn in 2020.
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