On Wednesday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned made a one day visit to former Yugoslavian state Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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After the welcoming ceremony, the Emir met with the Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite Presidency, Haris Silajdzic to discuss the already good relations between their two countries. They also emphasized the need to strengthen economic cooperation, particularly in the field of tourism, energy sector, development of road and aerial infrastructure, cooperation in the field of military industry, chemical industry, education, science and health.
Emir Hamad and Silajdzic agreed to establish a flight from Doha to Sarajevo. At the same time, the Chairman suggested Qatari investment in the B&H’s halal production, for which the Qatar representatives expressed a great interest, and they discussed cooperation in the field of chemical industry.
Three agreements were signed between Qatar and Bosnia & Herzegovina. They were: avoiding double taxation and fiscal evasion prevention in respect to income tax, economic, commercial and technical cooperation, and cooperation and news exchange between the Federal News Agency (FENA) and the Qatar news Agency (KNA). Qatar’s Al-Jazeera news channel recently opened a bureau in Sarajevo.
Source: predsjednistvobih.ba
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