President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina awarded the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, in Grade of Grand Cross Silver plate to the outgoing ambassador of Qatar Khamis bin Bati al-Sahouti for his efforts in promoting the relations between the two countries.
Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Vargas awarded the Order of Merit to Qatar’s ambassador on behalf of the President of Dominican Republic, during a ceremony held at the Dominican Foreign Ministry headquarters.
Commenting on the occasion, the Dominican Foreign Minister said that ambassador al-Sahouti contributed to the development and strengthening of relations between the Dominican Republic and Qatar.
For his part, the ambassador thanked the Dominican government for the support accorded to him during his tour of duty in the country, and expressed his gratitude to the president, the Dominican government and people for honouring him with the Order of Merit.
The ceremony was attended by the deputy ministers of foreign affairs and the ambassadors accredited to the Dominican Republic.

Guniea-Bissau leader meets Qatar envoy
President of Guinea-Bissau Jose Mario Vaz has met Qatar’s non-resident ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Sarea bin Ali al-Qahtani.
Talks during the meeting tackled the bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them, as well as issues of mutual concern.

Qatar-Uruguay relations reviewed
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa has met ambassador of Qatar to Uruguay Mohamed bin Hassan al-Jaber in Montevideo. The meeting discussed the bilateral relations and means of developing them, as well as matters of common concern.

Advisory Council panel holds meeting
The Advisory Council’s Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee yesterday held a meeting within the 46th regular session of the council under the chairmanship of its rapporteur Nasser bin Rashid Saria al-Kaabi.
During the meeting, the committee completed the discussion of a draft law on the regulation of non-Qataris’ ownership of properties and benefiting from them.
The committee decided to submit its recommendations thereon to the Advisory Council.