QATAR  |  Co-ordination

Security agreement signed with Vietnam

Qatar and Vietnam have signed an agreement “to enhance joint co-operation and co-ordination in security areas of concern” to the two countries, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) said yesterday. The agreement was signed for Qatar by Public Security director-general Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim al-Khulaifi, and  for Vietnam by its permanent deputy minister of public security, Dang Van Hieu. Before the agreement signing, al-Khulaifi held talks with the Vietnamese minister and the team accompanying him.

 

QATAR  |  Culture

Al-Kuwari meets top UN official

HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari yesterday met with UN deputy secretary- general Jan Eliasson. Al-Kuwari is in New York to attend the US International Book Fair. They agreed in principle that the Qatar Ministry of Culture would publish a book about the first UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold in several international languages. The meeting was attended by Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani.