QNA/Doha

HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for Services Affairs Rashid bin Khalifa al-Khalifa and
Brookings Doha Centre Deputy Director Ibrahim Sharqieh signing the MoU
The foreign ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brookings Doha Centre with the aim of boosting co-operation in fields of scientific research; strategic studies; education; training; exchange of expertise, scientists, and researchers; in addition to holding joint conferences, seminars, and workshops.     
The MoU was signed by HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for Services Affairs Rashid bin Khalifa al-Khalifa and Brookings Doha Centre Deputy Director Ibrahim Sharqieh, in the presence of Director of the Diplomatic Institute Hassan Ibrahim Khamees al-Muhannadi.
The Assistant Foreign Minister stressed the importance of co-operating with specialised global centres such as Brookings Doha Centre, pointing to the role that the centre and the similar institutions should play in reflecting the right image of Qatar, including sustainable development, and its vital role in foreign policy on all levels, particularly the efforts of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in making peace, spreading the principles of democracy and human rights, and offering developmental aids to needy countries.
In turn, Sharqieh thanked the Foreign Ministry for its co-operation with Brookings Doha Centre and welcomed co-operation with the Diplomatic Institute.
He also noted that the centre will assume its role in reflecting the bright image of Qatar in the international media, especially in the US.