HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman
of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office in
Riyadh HE Mr. Razim ?oli?, Bosnian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
who was accompanied by Mr. Tarik Bilabegovic, Partner,
Ascendant Project Finance. The meeting was also attended by
Dr. Nahla Alanbar, Private Executive Assistant to HRH the
Chairman and Mr. Fahad Alofi, Executive Assistant to HRH the
Chairman.
The meeting began as the ambassador thanked the Prince for
giving him the opportunity to meet with him. The two
discussed economic and investment issues. Moreover, the
ambassador commended Prince Alwaleed on his many achievements
especially his investments in the various sectors regionally
and internationally. He also invited the Prince to explore
investment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In June 2010, Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation Chaired by Prince
Alwaleed and vice chaired by HH Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel
made a ?500,000 endowment for the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin
Talal Professorship in Business Development and Global
Competitiveness at the Sarajevo School of Science &
Technology, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
In May 2010, HRH was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Science,
honoris causa from Sarajevo School of Science and Technology,
during a ceremony held at Kingdom Resort in Riyadh. The
Honorary Doctorate was conferred to HRH by Prof. Dr. Bozidar
Matic, Chairman of the SSST University Board and President of
the Academy of Science and Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The event was attended by the Prince's spouse, HH Princess
Ameerah Al-Taweel, Ms. Emina Ganic, daughter of former
Bosnian President, SSST Manager of Academic Activities and
Head of Development of the MET Foundation, the University
founding body, and Mr. Emir Ganic, the son of the former
Bosnian President, Executive Manager, Lecturer, Dept. of
Computer Science and Information Systems. The ceremony was
also attended by a Bosnian delegation from the university and
members from KHC, and Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation. The
honorary doctorate awarded to HRH was in recognition of his
efforts on many fronts including his investments through
Kingdom Holding locally, regionally and internationally as a
respected, distinguished international investor and
entrepreneur, and the Prince's educational, and philanthropic
contributions on a global scale.
In January of 2010, the Prince received at his office in
Riyadh, former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina HE Dr.
Ejup N. Gani? who is currently the President and Rector of
Sarajevo School of Science and Technology. In 2008, Prince
Alwaleed received HE Dr. Haris Silajd?i? the President of
Bosnia and Herzegovina with an accompanying delegation and
hosted a dinner in honor of his guest at Kingdom Resort Also
in 2008, Mr. ?oli?, the Bosnian ambassador presented HRH with
a letter from President Silajd?i?. In the letter, the
president thanked Prince Alwaleed for his donation of 338,800
Euros (SR1,965,040) through Alwaleed Foundation. The donation
was to help support the "Sustainable Return of Refugees in
Bosnia & Herzegovina" through the construction of roads. HRH
responded to a proposal for support that was submitted by the
Office of the President Silajd?i?. The specific mission of
the project is to construct six vital roads in the North-East
of Bosnia & Herzegovina for the return of refugees to create
conditions for sustainable return and attract new refugees to
return to their pre-war homes. The implementing arm for the
project is the Bosna Bank International (BBI). HRH had made
various humanitarian contributions to Bosnia in the past. In
1992 Prince Alwaleed donated SR1,000,000 to Bosnia, in 1993,
SR10,000,000 and in 1995, SR20,000,000.
Prince Alwaleed visited Bosnia in 2003 and met with President
Sulejman Tihic at the time. During the visit, His Royal
Highness was bestowed the Presidential medal by the Bosnian
president. The Medal is considered to be the highest medal in
the country.
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