Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs meets AIIB President

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, met with the President and Chairman of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Zou Jiayi, and several bank officials. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 11th Annual Meeting of the AIIB's Board of Governors. According to The Peninsula Qatar and Gulf Times, they discussed cooperation between Qatar and the AIIB in infrastructure and ways to support and develop that cooperation.

Separately, Qatar's Minister of Finance, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, also met with Zou Jiayi, and their meeting focused on bilateral cooperative relations and explored aspects of cooperation with regard to investments, finance, and the economy, as reported by Gulf Times Business.

There were also reports of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arriving in Washington for talks with US Secretary of State, but according to The National UAE and The National Business, these talks were related to bilateral relations and regional developments, and not directly related to the AIIB meetings.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Peninsula Qatar, Gulf Times, Gulf Times Business, The National UAE, The National Business — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.