Emir, PM send condolences to Saudi monarch
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud condoling the death of Princess Jawaher bint Nasser bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.
Emir, PM greet
new Indonesian
president
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables of congratulations to Joko Widodo for winning the presidential elections in Indonesia.
Qatar leadership
condoles Algerian
plane crash victims
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables to the President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika condoling the victims of the Algerian plane crash.
FM receives phone
calls from Turkish,
US counterparts
HE the Foreign Minister Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah yesterday received phone calls from Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Conversation during the calls dealt with the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and ways to stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
Chief of Staff
meets outgoing
ambassadors
HE the Chief of Staff Air Vice-Marshall Ghanim bin Shaheen al-Ghanim held separate meetings with the outgoing ambassadors of France and Madedonia, Jean-Christophe Possel and Fouad Hasanovitch, respectively.
Justice Minister
receives invitation
from Iranian FM
HE the Minister of Justice Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr al-Mohannadi received a message from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif inviting him to participate in the 53rd meeting of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO), which will be held in Tehran on September 15-18.
Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Mohamed Javad Asayish handed the message to the Minister yesterday.
Foreign Ministry
hosts dinner
banquet for envoys
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a dinner banquet in honour of ambassadors, heads of diplomatic missions, consular and representative missions accredited to the State of Qatar on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan at the Diplomatic Club.
HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi attended the ceremony along with the aides of the foreign minister and the ministry’s heads of departments and offices.
Qatari envoy to
Nigeria presents
credentials
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday received the credentials of Abdulaziz bin Mubarak al-Muhannadi as Qatar’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Nigeria.
During their meeting in capital Abuja, the ambassador conveyed to the Nigerian president the greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
