The BiH Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) Director Gordan Milinić received a delegation of the Anadolu Agency in BiH led by the Director Hakan Celik in order to discuss joint cooperation in promoting Bosnia and Herzegovina and its economic opportunities at foreign markets, and the services provided by FIPA to foreign investors.
Anadolu Agency
in BiH languages was established in 2012 as the regional directorate for the
Balkans. They have 30 employees in BiH. News from the region is transmitted to
the public, media and organizations around the world in 13 foreign languages.
They are
committed to enhance the cooperation between BiH and the countries of the
region with Turkey and other countries in the world, and wish to contribute to
attract new investments from Turkey as well as from other countries.
Director Milinić
informed the guests about the Agency's competencies and work, the support it
provides to foreign investors, and the trend of investment growth in the last
two years in our country.
It was pointed
out that Turkey is ranked at 11th position on the list of foreign
investors in BiH with 412 million invested BAM so far. The most significant
Turkish investments are: Turkish Ziraat Bank, Sisecam Soda Lukavac, and Natron
Hayat doo Maglaj.
The most
important BiH economic sectors that could attract foreign investors were also presented,
as well as the legal framework for foreign investment, benefits and advantages
for investing in BiH.
The guests
were also informed about the Invest in BiH media campaign launched by FIPA in
2016 with the aim to inform the foreign business community about investment
opportunities in BiH.
Anadolu Agency
will contribute to this project by publicising information on BiH for its
promotion free of charge.