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The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) held a meeting with Venezuelan trade delegation headed by Felix Ramon Gonzalez, Minister of Popular Power for Tourism & Foreign Trade, and discussed bilateral relations and economic cooperation between the two countries, in Doha on Tuesday.
The Venezuelan delegation is in Doha to attend Qatar Hospitality exhibition. The meeting was also attended by HE Giuseppe Angelo Yoffreda Yorio, Ambassador of Venezuela
to Qatar.
From the QBA, the meeting was attended by Sarah Abdullah (QBA Deputy General Manager); Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser al Thani (QBA board member); Salah al Jaidah, Maqbool Khalfan, Ihsan al Khiaymi and Mohamed Althaf (QBA members).
Hailing economic prosperity of Qatar, Felix affirmed his visit aim to discuss ways for collaboration in the tourism sector and means for bilateral investment between the Qatari businessmen and their counterparts from the Venezuelan side.
The Venezuelan minister also added that Venezuela has many attractive investment advantages and is rich in natural resources and open for foreign investment.
He said there are more than 300,000 square metres of land suitable for tourism investment.
Venezuela is home to the popular Margarita Island in the Caribbean and has multiple rivers, he said.
Felix briefed about the availability of electricity, as well as a number of prestigious hotels which are currently under the supervision and management of the state but are offered for foreign investment.
This is in addition to the existence of huge reserves of oil and gold in the country, he noted.
Sheikh Nawaf welcomed the minister and his accompanying delegation, confirming the importance of the visit in discussing ways of cooperation between the two countries and working to boost economic and trade relations.
He also pointed out the interest of Qatari businessmen in identifying the investment opportunities available in Venezuela, especially in the tourism sector.
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