Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Jassim Ali Al-Thani, a member of the royal family of Qatar, has announced a significant investments in various projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the meeting with the Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) Gordan Milinić and his associates held on 18 August 2016.

Mr Al-Thani expressed the greatest interest in transport infrastructure projects with special emphasis on airports in BiH and currently available projects related to enlargement of airports, and projects in the field of tourism, the food industry and the metal sector.

He was informed about the FIPA activities and its cooperation with relevant institutions in BiH, conditions for foreign investments in BiH, and available investment projects.

Mr Milinić invited Sheikh Al-Thani to assist in animating investors from Qatar to invest their funds in BiH and thus to contribute to the employment of the BiH citizens, given that BiH has projects for which investors from this country are interested.

The most significant investment from Qatar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is related to the project of Al-Jazeera Network Sarajevo. The realization of the project of sport and tourist centre in Bugojno is underway which is realized by the company Biser Rostova, while the interest in investing in the real estate sector is increasing.

Sheikh Al-Thani announced his new visit to BiH next month with concrete proposals for investments accompanied by several major Qatari investors.