<div>Nesma Holding has announced that Saleh Al-Turki, President of Nesma Holding, concluded his participation in the 8th meeting of the Investment Advice Council, held today in Istanbul and chaired by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Attendees included the CEOs of 17 international companies from 10 different countries, whose investments globally total approximately 572 billion US Dollars, and who have a combined workforce of around 1.4 million people.</div>
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<div>This annual forum plays an important role in highlighting Turkey as a key player in international investments, and helps to build the investment environment within the country.</div>
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<div>In addition to Nesma Holding, the participating companies and organizations were the World Bank, Air Liquide (France), Alstom (France), European Investment Fund, Burgan Bank Group (Kuwait), Citigroup (USA), Eldorado Gold Corporation (Canada), Energy Allied International (USA), E.ON SE (Germany), Hitachi Ltd. (Japan), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (China), Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Malaysia), Medtronic (USA), Sumitomo Rubber Ind. Ltd. (Japan), Thyssenkrupp AG (Germany), VINCI (France), and representatives of various Turkish government bodies such as TIM, YASED, TUSIAD, and TOBB.</div>