DUSHANBE January 11, 2015, Asia-Plus — On Friday January 9, Sharif Said, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), met with Qatari Ambassador to Tajikistan Ali bin Mubarak Saeed Al-Muhanadi.
According to the CCI press center, the sides exchanged views on state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral economic cooperation between Tajikistan and the State of Qatar.
The sides, in particular, discussed issues related to organization of exhibitions, meetings of representative of business communities of the two countries and business forums.
In the course of the talks, Sharif Said reportedly outline sectors like energy, mining, processing industry, light industry, oil and gas extraction, health care, tourism, and civil construction, as areas of which could drive the bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Qatar. He offered to hold an exhibition of Qatari goods in Tajikistan, the source said.
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab emirate. Qatar has the world”s third largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels which has fueled Qatar to become world”s richest country per capita and achieve the highest human development in the Arab World and 36th highest globally; furthermore, it is recognized as a high income economy by the World Bank and also the 19th most peaceful country in the world.
Qatar is the world”s richest country per capita and has the highest human development in the Arab World; furthermore, it is recognized as a high income economy by the World Bank. Qatar has the world”s third largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels. Qatar has the highest GDP per capita in the world as of 2014, according to the World Atlas Factbook and approximately 14% of households are dollar millionaires. It relies heavily on foreign labor to grow its economy, to the extent that migrant workers comprise 94% of the workforce. The economic growth of Qatar has been almost exclusively based on its petroleum and natural gas industries, which began in 1940. Qatar is the leading exporter of liquefied natural gas.
