Mohammad attends investment summit

UAE leader at panel discussion featuring Imran Khan, who laid out vision for Pakistan’s economic development

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the Future Investment Initiative 2018 (FII), which kicked off yesterday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The event attracted more than 150 Emirati ministers, senior business executives and investors. Shaikh Mohammad praised the ambitious development plans of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and the close monitoring by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.

Objectives praised

Shaikh Mohammad also praised the objectives of FII towards creating a conducive business environment.

“We work on expanding our partnership with the international business community, to support the sustainable development plans through implementing best international practices and adopting latest technologies which stand today as integral pillars of the economy of the future,” he said.

Shaikh Mohammad attended the first panel session of the FII, entitled “One World-Can global investment became a source of common future vision”.

Speakers included Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO and Managing Director of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, Yasir Al Rumayyan, Managing Director of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, PIF, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, RDIF, and Lubna Al Olayan, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of Olayan Group.

Shaikh Mohammad also attended the panel discussion featuring Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who talked about his vision for Pakistan’s economic development and ways to overcome potential challenges that might emerge in the coming period, and maximising gains from emerging opportunities.