The management and senior officials of Tunis Financial Harbour (TFH), the flag ship project of the Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank Gulf Finance House (GFH), led by Lutfi Alzaar, Chief Executive Officer of TFH met with President of Turkey, Dr. Abdullah Gül, during his official visit to Tunisia.
The Turkish President was given an update on the progress of the megaproject, the role of the recently appointed DEMTAS Group, and the overall impact the project will have on the local and regional economies.
Alzaar also held an exclusive meeting with project managers and co-ordinators of the DEMTAS Group, the recently appointed developers of the project to re-affirm and strengthen the strategic co-operation on the flagship project. During the meeting, the project and technical specification documents, feasibilty studies and other official forms related to the project were presented to the DEMTAS Group representatives. Financial regulations and procedures related to the marketing of the project in Tunisa and abroad were also discussed.
Ziad Jouini, the Technical Director of the TFH project, presented the road network map which has been agreed with the Government of Tunisia to link the various access roads to TFH with the main roads. Ways to link the project to basic services such as water, natural gas, electricity and communications were also highlighted.
Alzaar and the TFH team hosted site visit for the Turkish delegation and members of the DEMTAS Group.