TIRANA, March 8 /ATA/ – In preparation for the upcoming Sarajevo Business Forum, due to be held on the 25th and 26th of April in Sarajevo, BBI Bank started organizing business meetings with international and regional businessmen and investors. Representatives from BBI Bank recently came back from the Kingdom of Bahrain where they presented investment opportunities in Southeastern Europe and were negotiating about future cooperation as well as the arrival of leading businessmen to the upcoming SBF conference.
“Businessmen from the Kingdom of Bahrain are already familiar with the investment opportunities of this region though we still presented our advantages with regards to natural resources and development in the fields of real estate, energy, agriculture, the food industry and tourism. We also organized the arrival of a large business delegation of approximately 50 businessmen that will be coming to this year’s conference,” said Amer Bukvić, President of the Management Board of BBI Bank, as he announced the 9th annual Sarajevo Business Forum.
Positive impressions of the Sarajevo Business Forum held last year were given by businessman Jawad Al Hawaii, the president of the Al Hawaii Group and the president of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Bahrain Society, who pointed out that Forum can be great opportunity for direct contact with domestic businessmen.
Representatives of BBI Bank and BBI VIP Club recently visited Oman were they held several meetings with the representatives of institutional investors from Oman and leading businessmen from the private sector. They become acquainted with natural resources and development opportunities of region, and also they announced the arrival of their investors to the SBF conference as well. Among others, Abdulsalam Mohammed Al Murshidi, CEO of the State General Reserve Fund, announced the participation of representatives of this fund in this year’s Sarajevo Business Forum.
“Presentations about the investment opportunities of the region will soon be organized in the countries of the Gulf region, Turkey and Saudi Arabia”, said Bukvic.
This year’s SBF conference will reveal a series of projects in agriculture, energy, education, finance, infrastructure, construction, tourism and other development sectors.
Over the past eight years, the conference has been attended by 8,000 participants from more than 50 countries enabling BiH and the Forum to host more than 20 presidents and prime ministers. More than 3,000 companies participated in the Forum and more than 1,500 direct business meetings were held. The Forum was also followed by more than 2,000 journalists from around the world.
The organizer of the largest and most important investment conference in the region is Bosna Bank International (BBI) in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).
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