HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) received HE Mr. Miroslav Naydenov, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of #Bulgaria and an accompanying business delegation. The delegation included HE Mr. Martin Hristov, Head of Cabinet of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Mr. Yordan Voynov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency. The meeting was also attended by Dr. Nahla Alanbar, Private Executive Assistant to HRH the chairman.

The meeting began as the Minister thanked Prince Alwaleed for giving him the opportunity to meet with him. The two touched upon the latest regional and international developments on the social and economic front, and the bi-lateral economic relations between their respective countries. 

Furthermore, the Minister discussed investment opportunities in Bulgaria especially in the agriculture sector and extended an invitation to HRH to visit the country. Moreover, Mr. Naydenov expressed his government’s desire to attract the Prince’s investments to the country, and said that his government will strive to facilitate the success of HRH’s investments. In response, Prince Alwaleed thanked the Minister for the invitation and promised to visit the country in the near future.

In 2011, Prince Alwaleed received HE Mr. Traycho Traykov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism who was accompanied by a delegation. Moreover, In 2009, Prince Alwaleed received Mr. Radion Popov, Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and hosted a dinner in honor of his guest at Kingdom Resort. In the same year, was on awarded the “Madara Horseman” Medal which is the highest medal in Bulgaria, by the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov during an official visit to Republic of Bulgaria. Furthermore, the Bulgarian President hosted a luncheon in honor of the Prince that was attended by ministers and other government officials.

Also during the trip, Prince Alwaleed was awarded with a honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Thracian University during a ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Military Club in the capital city Sofia and the doctorate was presented to Prince Alwaleed by Prof. Ivan Stankov, Rector of Thracian University. The honorary doctorate awarded to HRH was in recognition of his efforts in many fronts including his investments through KHC locally, regionally and internationally as a respected, distinguished international investor and entrepreneur, and the Prince’s educational, and philanthropic contributions on a global scale.

The Prince’s investment through KHC in Bulgaria is in the banking sector through Citigroup.