Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has started his official visit to Qatar, meeting the Gulf nation’s leader, prime minister and head of its sovereign wealth fund on Sunday.
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The government released photos of Lee meeting the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and separately the prime minister and foreign affairs minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, on Sunday morning.
In a Facebook post, Lee said the city highly valued investment ties with Qatar, its third largest trading partner in the region.
“Having substantially concluded negotiations for an investment promotion and protection agreement, I look forward to the early signing at a mutually agreeable time to foster more robust bilateral investment flows,” Lee said.
He said he had also invited Qatar to “leverage the advantages of Hong Kong as an international financial centre and an international innovation hub” to explore investment and business opportunities.
Lee also visited the Qatar Investment Authority, which manages the country’s US$526 billion sovereign wealth fund, the ninth largest in the world.
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