H.E. Mr. Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, received Dr. Hashim Hussein, Head of the Regional Office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for Investment and Technology in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The Minister praised efforts of the (UNIDO) Investment and Technology, headed by Dr. Hashim Hussein, to attract investments to the Kingdom of Bahrain to strengthen its industrial base through partnerships and cooperation between local investors and their global counterparts, with a focus on the uses of advanced technology in industrial products.

For his part, Dr. Hussein, stressed that the UNIDO network promotes investment and technology in 8 countries, namely Bahrain, China, Germany, Japan, Russia, Italy and Korea. The Bahrain office provides a range of supportive services to entrepreneurs and investors extending from providing advice and information to establishing partnerships and financial and technological linkage, and then follow-up and assistance in the growth phase and new market launches.