PM holds talks with French FM
HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius held a telephone conversation yesterday.
They discussed bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, in addition to matters of mutual concern.
The latest preparations for the International Conference on Reconstruction and Development in Darfur, scheduled to be held in Doha next month, also featured in the conversation.
The Prime Minister also spoke over the phone yesterday with the Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans.
They discussed bilateral relations and matters of mutual concern.


National Day greetings sent
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani have sent cables of congratulations to the President of Greece on his country’s National Day.


Advisory Council holds meeting
The Advisory (Shura) Council held its weekly meeting yesterday under its Speaker HE Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Kholaifi.
The Council read a memo by the General-Secretariat of the Cabinet on referring the estimates of the major public projects in the State’s draft budget for the fiscal year 2013/2014 to the Shura Council.