Emir, PM condole victims of train crash in Spain
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables to King Juan Carlos of Spain condoling the victims of the train accident which took place on Wednesday.
Minister meets Syrian envoy
HE the Minister of Justice Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr al-Mohannadi yesterday met the Syrian Ambassador to Qatar Nizar Hassan al-Haraki. They reviewed co-operation in a number of issues of mutual concern.
Qatar slams illegal policies of Israel
QNA/Doha
Qatar has strongly condemned the Israel’s illegal policies of racism and aggressiveness which have deteriorated the social and economic conditions of the Palestinian people.
Qatar reaffirmed its commitment to provide all kinds of support to the Palestinian people to obtain all their legitimate rights, and the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
This came in a speech delivered by Mohannad al-Hammadi, the second secretary at the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, before the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council for 2013, currently being held in Geneva.
He called on the international community to pressurise Israel to end occupation of all Arab territories, stop settlement operations and lift the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.