Qatar reaffirms commitment to AIIB and will host 2026 edition of the annual meeting

By&nbspLaila Humairah

Published connected 26/06/2025 - 17:30 GMT+2•Updated 20:34

The 10th yearly gathering of nan Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) successful Beijing concludes pinch China and personnel states reflecting connected a decade of robust improvement projects, while reaffirming their committedness to backing captious infrastructure initiatives, to build a dynamic, divers and sustainable future.

Since its motorboat successful 2016, nan AIIB has financed 320 projects successful 38 countries, weighted astatine $60 billion. Under outgoing president Jin Liqun, nan Bank has 110 personnel countries, pinch respective much successful nan process of joining.

Qatar, a founding personnel of nan AIIB, will big nan 11th version of nan yearly gathering successful 2026.

Speaking to Euronews successful Beijing, nan Qatari Finance Minister HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari called nan determination a "great honour."

"We are very pleased that Qatar will beryllium hosting nan meetings successful 2026 successful September. This is simply a awesome honour for Qatar, and it's not different for Qatar. Given our situation, we've been hosting large events from sports to authorities to system and Qatar is nan location of galore large events," he said.

His Excellency Al Kuwari added that nan Gulf authorities remains a cardinal partner successful boosting nan bank’s goals, done accrued investments and deeper collaborations successful infrastructure, exertion and research.

Meanwhile, successful his last reside arsenic president of AIIB, Jin expressed assurance that his successor, Zou Jiayi, nan erstwhile vice finance curate of China, will usher successful a caller section for AIIB, solidifying nan Bank’s position arsenic a world unit for improvement and economical growth.

"We are now entering nan 2nd decade, and I deliberation nan acquisition we person accumulated will proceed to play its role," Jin said.

When asked astir Qatar's business pinch AIIB, His Excellency Al Kuwari reiterated nan country’s dedication to collaborating pinch multinational organisations done Qatari firms for illustration Qatar Foundation.

"We are very progressive done nan multi-national, multilateral organisations. With nan World Bank, we are doing nan indebtedness switch inaugural for acquisition purposes pinch our Qatar Foundation, Education Above All programmes," he said.

As nan AIIB welcomes a caller section successful its efforts to build a much inclusive and sustainable future, Qatar continues to beryllium a strategical state arsenic a world unit successful improvement and economical growth.