Buenos Aires to open InvestBA office in Doha next year

Doha, Qatar: Buenos Aires will open an InvestBA office in Doha in 2026, marking the city s first official representation in the Gulf region and establ...

Doha, Qatar: Buenos Aires will open an InvestBA office in Doha in 2026, marking the city’s first official representation in the Gulf region and establishing a permanent platform for trade and investment promotion, H E Hernán Lombardi, Minister of Economic Development for the City of Buenos Aires has revealed.

The Year of Culture partnership has laid the foundation for a deeper economic relationship between Qatar and Argentina. This year three major commercial announcements were delivered during a high-level delegation visit by Minister Lombardi and Augusto Ardiles, Undersecretary of Investments at Ministry of Economic Development of the City of Buenos Aires.

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, and the Ministry of Economic Development of Buenos Aires signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently which seeks to create stronger bilateral investment channels and new support mechanisms for Argentinian companies entering the Gulf market.

The three major market announcements now emerging, the MoU, the InvestBA office, and the potential expansion of Argentinian companies in the GCC market through Qatar, illustrate how cultural diplomacy can impact real business outcomes.

The agreements mark a significant milestone in Argentina’s growing commercial presence in Qatar and reflect the momentum created through sustained institutional engagement during the Year of Culture programme.