Ivorian President Calls on Qatari Private Sector to Invest in His Country

Doha, May 14 (QNA) - President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire Hassan Dramane Ouattara on Tuesday called upon the Qatari businessmen to visit and invest in his country , saying Qatar will find the best place in Cote d'Ivoire describing it as a "Station of Investments for All". During his meeting here last night with Qatari businessmen, President Ouattara said ,"We will be happy with the presence of Qatari private sector in Cote d'Ivoire because we have a lot of chances to invest in steel, gold and different kinds of metals, oil ,gas as well as in the agricultural, housing, health and educational sectors. He added that his country is recognized with the private sector as a key element in the development process, and that it has redoubled investments in the public and private sectors during the two years. The Cote d'Ivoire President stressed that his country is planning to increase the investment in the private sector by 30 % to 50% each year and thus it can maintain the high level of growth which officially reached 8 % last year. He added that Cote d'Ivoire's average Gross National Product ( GDP) growth rate currently stands at about $ 25 billion, and that his country wants to restore the prosperity that was experienced twenty years ago, indicating that the figures of the World Bank confirm that the growth rate in C?te d'Ivoire in 2012 reach to 9.8 % .(QNA)