Montenegro’s Potential Interests Gulf Sheikh

January 8, 2008   | Turizmi / Turizam

A Gulf Sheikh, Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, foreign minister of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arabian Emirates, has indicated willingness to make major investments in Montenegro after discovering its long sandy beaches and other coastal and continental resorts, local media reported.The Vijesti daily reported on Monday that the Sheikh, who is also president of the First Gulf Bank, is especially interested in a 13-kilometre beach near the coastal town of Ulcinj, once a pirates’ harbour.

“He is thrilled with the natural beauties of Montenegro,” Vijesti’s source said. “He has announced great investments in Montenegro, in immeasurable amounts if it is necessary.”
A delegation of the Abu-Dhabi based First Gulf Bank, whose local partner is the Atlas Group, owned by the local businessman Dusko Knezevic, recently announced readiness to invest over a billion euros in Montenegrin tourism.

On Sunday, the Abu Dhabi royal family’s company, Capital Investment, signed a contract with Atlas to build a 100-million-euro business centre in the capital, Podgorica.
During his visit to Montenegro, the Sheikh met the republic’s Prime Minister, Zeljko Sturanovic, and visited a former military health centre in the coastal village of Meljine near Herceg Novi, which is likely to be privatised by Atlas.
Montenegro’s former prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, had previously visited Abu Dhabi, where he outlined potential investments in the Balkan country to his Arab hosts.
Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates making up the United Arabian Emirates.

Arapi ulažu milijardu eura u Crnu Goru

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Ulcinj

Predstavnici First Golf banke iz Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata saopštili su da je ta banka opredjelila milijardu eura za investicije u Crnoj Gori.Arapski investitori zainteresovani su za kupovinu i gradnju hotela na Adi Bojani, ulcinjskoj rivijeri i planinama, ali i za ulaganja u energetski sektor i istraživanja gasa i nafte u crnogorskom podmorju.Delegacija First golf banke predvo?ena direktorom Abdulhamidom Mohd Saidom, sastala se sa premijerom Željkom Šturanovi?em, ministrima za turizam i ekonomski razvoj Predragom Nenezi?em i Branimirom Gvozdenovi?em, a doma?in im je bio predsjednik Atlas grupe Duško Kneževi?. Arapska delegacija sastala se i sa bivšim premijerom Milom ?ukanovi?em. Direktor First Golf banke Mohd Said kazao je novinarima da je njihova posjeta usljedila “nakon ostvarenih kontakata i prezentacije o mogu?nostima ulaganja u Crnoj Gori, koju su prošlog meseca u njihovoj zemlji imali Kneževi? i ?ukanovi?”. Crnogorski premijer Željko Šturanovi? rekao je da su arapski investitori zadovoljni bezbjednosnom situacijom u Crnoj Gori i da smatraju da je Crna Gora atraktivan prostor za investicije. First Golf banka je jedna od vode?ih u Ujedinjenim Arapskim Emiratima, sa sjedištem u prestolnici Abu Dabiju i podružnicama u Dubaiju i ostalim Emiratima. Rasopolaže fondom za investicije od 10 milijardi eura, a zapošljava više od 2.000 ljudi.Organizovana je kao javno preduze?e, u vlasništvu nekoliko sinova pokojnog Šeika Zajed bin Sultan Al Nahjana.

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