His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Raina, on Saturday participated in the Economic Forum held at Sun Valley, Idaho, attended by leading US and world economic figures.

On the sidelines of the forum, King Abdullah met with businessmen and representatives of US and international mega-companies over prospects of economic cooperation with Jordan and ways to benefit from the investment-related incentives and opportunities available in Jordan.

His Majesty highlighted development programmes and mega-projects that the country is implementing in various fields in cooperation with the private sector, and regional and international companies.

Businessmen commended the King’s efforts to boost the country’s economic performance, achieve economic development and lure investments to Jordan.

His Majesty met with representatives of several companies, including Netflix, a leading Internet television network company, Riverstone Holdings, which invests in energy and power industries, in particular. The King also met with representatives of Palantir technologies and Amazon.com.

Since 1983, the Sun Valley Economic Forum has been held annually in July and leading businessmen from world countries converge on the valley every year to meet and discuss political and economic challenges.

On the sidelines of his participation, His Majesty also met with US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter and reviewed the cooperation between Jordan and the US in military fields.