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May 7, 2012
Prince Alwaleed Receives Guinea’s Minister of International Cooperation to Discuss Economic Issues

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office in Riyadh, HE Prof Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Minister of International Cooperation of the Republic of #Guinea. The meeting was attended by Dr. Nahla Al Anbar, Private Executive Assistant to HRH the Chairman.

The meeting began as Prof. Sano thanked the Prince for giving him the opportunity to meet him. During the meeting, Prof. Sano extended an invitation to Prince Alwaleed to re-visit the country. Furthermore, the two discussed economic and investment issues related to their respective countries, and Mr. Sano commended the Prince’s achievements in all areas as he is one of the most prominent global investors. In conclusion to the meeting, His Highness thanked Prof. Sano for the invitation promising to re-visit the country in the near future.

Prince Alwaleed had visited Guinea in 2003, during the visit HE President of Guinea, General Lansana Conte awarded Prince Alwaleed The Medal with the rank of “Commander of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of Guinea”. The President also awarded Prince Alwaleed a Diploma with the rank of “Citizen of Honor of the City of Dubreka”. Furthermore, the President of Guinea hosted a luncheon in honor of Prince Alwaleed.

Moreover, in 2011 Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation – Global (Registered in Lebanon) Chaired by Prince Alwaleed and Vice Chaired by HH Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel donated SR761,250 to the Danish Refugee Council's project "Improving Livelihood for Rural Women in Forest Guinea".