Qatar already has has 40 billion pounds of investments in the United Kingdom:
- Shard skyscraper
- Harrods department store
- The Savoy hotel
- A stake in the Canary Wharf financial district
But they want more!
- Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, said in a statement that Qatar expected to invest 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) in Britain over the next five years.
Head of the $335 billion Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) sovereign wealth fund, Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud al-Thani:
"I am still looking, even after Brexit there will be opportunities QIA can really hunt for"
- "Whenever the (British) government would like the QIA to step in we are ready."
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