HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will patronise today the graduation ceremony of the fourth class of the Air College at Leader Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Attiyah College at Al Udeid Air Base.
FM gets phone call from Jordanian counterpart
HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani yesterday received a telephone call from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan Ayman Safadi.
They discussed relations between Qatar and Jordan and ways of enhancing them, in addition to issues of common interest.
Advisory Council team to take part in PUIC meeting
A delegation from Qatar Advisory Council will participate in the 12th conference of Parliamentary Union of OIC member-states (PUIC) in Mali.
The three-day meeting scheduled to start tomorrow will tackle a number of topics, including the election of vice-presidents from the African and the Arab groups in addition to discussing the secretary-general’s report and a number of draft decisions presented by special committees.
The meeting will also examine and adopt the reports and draft resolutions of the seventh meeting of the committee on Palestine, sixth conference on Muslim women parliamentarians and the consultation meeting of the secretaries general of the PUIC member-parliaments.
The PUIC 12th conference will also address issues of environment and sustainable development in addition to coordination on human rights issue in the international fora.
Qatar participates in Arab Planning Institute meeting
Qatar is taking part in the 1st meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Planning Institute for the year 2016-2017 which will be held tomorrow in Kuwait.
The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics said that HE Minister of Development Planning and Statistics Dr Saleh Mohamed Salem al-Nabit will attend the meeting. The meeting will discuss the annual report of 2015-2016, the financial contributions received from members, Arab funds, Kuwaiti contribution for the 8th financing plan (2015-2020) in addition to a few other topics.
The Arab Planning Institute is an Arab development institution that aims to support economic and social development administrations in the Arab countries; through functions that cover developing national human resources, provide consultation services, institutional support, and establish researches and report.
Envoy presents credentials
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos yesterday received the credentials of Qatar’s ambassador Abdulaziz Ali al-Naama. Ambassador Abdulaziz Ali al-Naama conveyed HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani’s greetings to the Greek president. President Pavlopoulos reciprocated the Emir’s greetings and wished the ambassador success in his mission to enhance friendship and co-operation between Qatar and Greece.
Lekhwiya to hold exercise
The General Command of the Qatari Armed Forces on Tuesday announced that the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) will carry out abseiling exercise from a height of 10.5 and 5 metres in Lekhwiya camp on January 31 from 7:30am to 11am.
The General Command has cautioned visitors to the area.
