2nd Session of Qatari-Portuguese Joint Committee Convenes in Lisbon

Lisbon, October 02 (QNA) - The second session of the Qatari-Portuguese Joint Committee for Economic, Commercial, and Technical Cooperation was held on Thursday in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.
The session was co-chaired by HE Minister of State for Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed and HE Secretary of State for Economy of the Republic of Portugal, Joao Rui Ferreira. In attendance were senior officials and representatives of the economic and investment sectors from both sides.
This session continues the joint efforts between the two countries to strengthen the growing bilateral relations and consolidate mutual understanding and common interests.
The aim is to expand areas of economic cooperation and develop trade and technical partnerships, thus supporting sustainable development paths on both sides.
In his speech during the opening session, HE Al Sayed emphasized the depth of bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Portugal, praising the level of cooperation between the two parties and affirming Qatar's keenness to strengthen the economic partnership, especially in light of the significant potential of the two economies.
On the sidelines of the committee's work, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs held a series of bilateral meetings. He met with HE Minister of Territorial Cohesion Manuel Castro Almeida, HE Secretary of State for Infrastructure Hugo Espirito Santo, President of the Portuguese Business Confederation (CIP), Armindo Monteiro and a number of businessmen and companies.
The meetings addressed opportunities for joint cooperation across various fields and ways to strengthen economic, trade, and investment partnerships and support cooperation between the business communities of the two countries.
HE the Minister of State also toured the Lisbon Unicorn Factory, which specializes in supporting emerging and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), developing products and business models, and developing operational processes, with the aim of enabling accelerated and sustainable growth for the SME sector. (QNA)