Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi left for a three-day visit to the UAE on Tuesday to hold roadshows in the West Asian country to attract investors to the state, officials said.
The chief minister will leave the UAE on September 12, concluding the international investment outreach.
During the three-day visit, the chief minister will take investment-related initiatives to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with a series of high-level government engagements, investor meetings, business interactions and diaspora outreach, an official said. The chief minister said that Odisha is emerging as a “preferred destination for global investment”. “With a strong focus on #EoDB , investor confidence, enabling policies and faster project execution, we are creating an ecosystem where businesses can invest, grow and thrive,” Majhi said. “The programme includes a roundtable with IHC , one of the world’s largest investment firms and the most valuable listed holding company in the Middle East, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, signing of Memoranda of Cooperation , and meetings with the UAE Minister of Investment and sovereign investment funds,” he said. The UAE outreach aims to showcase Odisha’s investment-ready ecosystem, industrial strengths, emerging sectors, and growth opportunities to the business community and global investors there, he said. The visit will provide a platform to deepen investment, trade and industrial partnerships between Odisha and the United Arab Emirates , the officials said.
