The Advisory Council yesterday held its regular weekly session chaired by HE the Speaker Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud.
At the outset of the session, the council discussed the report of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee on a draft law regulating the investment of non-Qatari capital in the country’s economic activity.
After discussing the draft law, which aims at attracting non-Qatari capital to invest in the country to promote economic development, the council approved the draft law and decided to forward its recommendations to the cabinet.
The council took note of a report on its delegation’s participation in the second meeting of the Gulf committee on enhancing relations with the European Parliament held recently in Kuwait, where the delegation presented its views and suggestions to finalise the committee’s draft rules of procedure.
The Speaker of the Advisory Council briefed the council on the meeting held between the council’s members and the visiting Spanish parliamentary delegation.
The meeting discussed boosting parliamentary relations between Qatar and Spain. The Speaker said that he discussed with the delegation the development witnessed by Qatar in economic and legislative fields as well as the unjust siege imposed upon it.
He added that the Spanish parliamentary delegation praised the economic growth in  Qatar and expressed its aspiration for further co-operation and development in bilateral relations.
On the siege imposed on Qatar, the Speaker said the delegation’s members expressed their support for all efforts exerted to resolve the Gulf crisis through dialogue and mutual understanding within the framework of respect for the sovereignty and independence of Qatar.
They also stressed their full understanding of Qatar’s position, which calls for dialogue to resolve differences between countries.
He also briefed the Advisory Council on the participation of the council’s delegation, which he headed, in the Arab-African economic forum held recently in Rabat, Morocco, adding that the forum discussed several priority strategic issues, foremost of which are food security, development and empowerment of women, along with strengthening economic and commercial interests and humanitarian links between the Arab world and the African continent.
He also briefed the council on his meetings with the accompanying delegation on the sidelines of the forum with a number of heads of Arab, African, Latin America and the Caribbean parliaments and the president of the Qatari-Chilean friendship group in the Chilean parliament, where they discussed strengthening and promoting parliamentary relations and issues of common interest.
During his meeting with the Speaker of the Andean Parliament, a parliamentary bloc comprising six countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, HE al-Mahmoud explained that Qatar has been subjected to an unjust siege based on baseless arguments and false accusations.
He praised the deep understanding and support for Qatar’s position by Speaker of the Andean Parliament Fernando Meza Moncada, who affirmed his full and unconditional solidarity with Qatar in respect of the siege, as well as by president of the Qatari-Chilean Friendship Group in the Chilean Parliament Ivan Flores, who participated in the meeting and called for lifting the siege imposed on Qatar immediately.
The Advisory Council welcomed the final communique of the Arab-African economic forum, which stressed the need to strengthen co-ordination, co-operation and solidarity between the countries of Africa and the Arab world.


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