HAMAD BUAMIM, the president and CEO of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry talks to the Press

DUBAI: The opening day of the first edition of the CIS Global Business Forum that opened in Dubai on Wednesday and being held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, led to serious discussions on identifying potential investment areas and key strategic directives related to the CIS’s economic outlook as well as the region’s changing economic synergies which Dubai businesses can explore with their visiting counterparts. Hamad Buamim the President and CEO of Dubai Chamber and Industry said that the Chamber has always been looking out for lucrative markets for the emirate’s business community while seeking ways of building closer economic ties with their global counterparts, which this time happens to be the Commonwealth of Independent States businesses. Alongside thought-provoking discussions, one-on-one meetings and networking opportunities, the forum has opened up a gate of opportunities for Dubai and CIS businesses to explore mutual investment sectors and joint ventures in their particular areas of expertise and competitiveness. The two-day event entitled Commonwealth of Independent States: Ancient Routes – New Opportunities is being held at Atlantis The Palm Hotel from February 17 and 18 and is organised as part of the Global Business Forum series organised by the Chamber since 2012 including the three sessions of the Africa Global Business Forum whose latest session was held last November. Dubai Chamber is collaborating with The Economist Intelligence Unit, the Britain-based Economist Group, in the development of the content of the forum which will have an impressive line-up of prominent local and global speakers leading to a healthy discussion on exploring the benefits arising from the revival of the Silk Road initiative that links China to Central Asia and the GCC countries.