Rama Jabakhanji, Chief Editor
Since today is the first day of the Jeddah Economic Forum Sami Bahrawi (Chairmen of JEF) began with welcoming everyone for attending. He aimed on specifying that this session is focusing on both value creation of partnerships and alliances, as well as analyzing the themes from national and international perspectives. He finally welcomed Alastair Stewart for participating in JEF again.
Stewart then began with his speech focusing on sustainable development due to the increase in the oil prices. He also played the role of introducing the speakers.
Dr. Haris Silajdžić started with his speech by thanking the country when they were in dire need in the aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia, and then he moved on talking about his country, Bosna, that they kept their morals and beliefs and they are a good example of defending themselves and at the end he invited everyone to visit his country.
Prince Turki Al Faisal in his speech said that KSA is now open for business since the region's trading tools have increased with a number of important economic and political changes occurring. One factor that will assist in this growth is that KSA is providing training programs and scholarships to its citizens, particulary the youth. Moreover, KSA is playing an important role in supporting other countries especially during difficult situations such as earthquakes, other natural disasters, and wars. He ended his words by thanking everyone.
Finally, Dr Salam Fayyad talked mainly about his country Palestine and its bad situation, he said that his country needs political stability and that this is the most important factor in any business, he then encouraged everyone to share their experiences and ambitions. Palestine urgently needs productive alliances and partnerships.
In my opinion I think that the beginning session of forum went very well and in a good established and organized way.
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