Friday, March 28, 2008

Qatar PM to visit Cambodia for direct flight, investment co-op

March 27, 2008

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, the Prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, will pay an official visit to Cambodia on April 1-2, a Cambodian official said on Thursday.

The Qatar Prime Minister's visit will focus on investment in Cambodia and direct flight plan between the two countries, said Sin Bun Thoeun, the director of Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.

The Qatar Premier will be accompanied by businessmen to find investment opportunities in Cambodia, Sin Bun Thoeun said.

He added that the Premier is also the chairman of the Qatar investment group and the chairman of a major Qatar airline which owns a large number of planes.

The visit is expected to bring about more investment from Qatar and the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region in Cambodia, the official said.

Source: Xinhua

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The more direct flights [from any destination] to Cambodia is definitely helping its national economy. Hope to see Cambodia will have a new airport soon to accomodation the increasing air travelers.

Anonymous said...

Yes, and I hope the excellency (Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani) is clear that Cambodia offer the best investment opportunities in the area and help spread out words to other West Asians.

Anonymous said...

yes, direct flight to/from cambodia to all over the world is great for cambodia. we just need to build our airports bigger and better equipped; that would help a lot.