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The weekly Cabinet meeting, chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, has welcomed the outcome of the recent meeting of GCC leaders in Riyadh.

Praising the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in calling the meeting, the Cabinet invited the GCC leaders to attend the summit in Doha on December 9-10.

The Cabinet also commended the efforts of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah in strengthening the bonds of brotherhood among GCC leaders and praised “all efforts made to preserve GCC’s unity”.

The Cabinet formed a ministerial committee to follow up on the implementation of HH the Emir’s directives in his speech during the opening of the 43rd ordinary session of the Advisory Council on November 11.

The Prime Minister asked the ministers to put the Emir’s directives into effect, including the setting of plans and realistic timeframes for solving the issues in the economy sector,  promoting economic and commercial sectors, activating the financial and stock market, starting the first agricultural complex project, drawing a tourism strategy.

The council then discussed the subjects on the agenda. 

It approved amending certain provisions of criminal law No. 11 of 2004. It agreed to refer the amendments to the Advisory Council. The law punishes anyone who disrespects the State’s flag or the flag of a GCC or friendly country.

The Cabinet also agreed to approve an agreement with the government of Algeria on the application of the customs law.

It also approved an agreement of co-operation between Qatar News Agency and Algeria Press Service and an executive media agreement between the government of Qatar and Algeria.

Additionally, the Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Qatar and Sri Lanka in the tourism sector. The government of Qatar also signed an agreement in the sports field with the government of Seychelles.

The Cabinet then reviewed a number of outstanding subjects such as the report of HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs on the report of the permanent committee for legislative affairs to grant workers in customs powers of judicial execution. 

The Cabinet also looked into two reports from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology on the works of a committee dedicated to e-government, from April-September 2014. The report included details of the main strategic plan for the national e-government 2020, and the progress made towards achieving the goal.

 

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