British Ambassador H E Jon Wilks.
Doha: Qatar and UK are seeking to enhance partnerships in several areas as a legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
UK partnered with Qatar in different areas to make the World Cup a successful tournament and looking forward to building on existing partnerships with Qatar in areas such as security and defence investment, culture, education, health and technology, says British Ambassador H E Jon Wilks.
He said that the UK partnered with Qatar to make the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 a successful tournament, adding, “We are proud of this (partnerships). We want to use our partnership now to develop the bilateral relationship in the years to come,” said Wilks during a tour of the UK’s pavilion – The Garden of Great on Doha Corniche.
He said that many artistes and experts in the entertainment sector are in Doha during the World Cup and several discussions were held to develop partnerships in the creative sector.
“We wanted this to happen in Qatar and in the United Kingdom. We have had many artistes and experts who’ve been here with us, and we have been arranging meetings with Qatari officials who are working in this area. We hope to build on that in the years to come,” said Wilks.
He emphasised that Qatar and the UK has agreed to boost investments in several sectors.
“We agreed during H H the Amir’s visit to UK in May 2022 that we would develop investments for the benefit of our economies,” he said.
Environment-friendly net zero technologies, renewable energy, biotechnology, agriculture and education are common areas of investment interest for Qatar and the UK.
“In the economy of the 21st century, we need to build partnerships using technology across all sectors,” said Wilks.
“We have a lot to offer and Qatar is ambitious to develop this in the years to come. So all those things are going to be part of the legacy,” he added.
Wilks also anticipated that with thousands of British fans from the UK and those living in the region coming to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will renew people to people contacts between the two countries.
“This will renew the human bridge between our two countries and partly it’s about youth and strengthening the relationships among the younger generation,” he said.
