PM briefs Cabinet on outcome of visit to Morocco

HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani briefed the Cabinet yesterday on the outcome of his visit to Morocco on March 11 and 12, during which he chaired the the 7th meeting of the Qatari-Moroccan Joint Supreme Committee.Giving details of yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, which was presided over by HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani at the Emiri Diwan, HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr al-Mohannadi said:The Prime Minister stressed that the Qatari-Moroccan Joint Supreme Committee and the agreements, programmes and Memoranda of Understanding signed on the occasion would boost the relations between the two countries and their bilateral co-operation in various fields for a strategic partnership that meets the aspirations of the two countries’ peoples, in accordance with the directives of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and King Mohamed VI of Morocco.After that the Cabinet reviewed topics on its meeting’s agenda as following:The Cabinet took the necessary measures to pass a draft law on national service after it reviewed the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the draft law.The Cabinet also took the necessary measures to issue a draft law amending some provisions of Law No 5 of 2015 regarding similar commercial, industrial and public shops and street vendors after it reviewed the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the draft law.Pursuant to the amendment, a decision by the Cabinet, based on the proposal of the minister, shall determine the licence period according to the type of the shop.The licence may be renewed for a period or other similar periods after payment of the prescribed fee.The competent department shall renew the licence accordingly at the request of the party concerned.The Cabinet also approved the proposal of the Interior Ministry to amend some provisions of the Cabinet’s decision No 49 of 2013 on establishing the Standing Committee for Reviewing Recruitment Applications at the Ministry of Interior.It also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Municipality and Environment on the terms and conditions of the replacement procedure and the procedure of substituting and transferring the precondition of the government lands disposition by the state to the beneficiaries and the lands or housing owned by them.The Cabinet approved the accession of Qatar to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.It also approved the hosting of the 14th edition of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) in 2018 in Doha and the participation in the China International Import Expo (Shanghai — November 5-10, 2018).The Cabinet then reviewed the following topics and took the appropriate decisions:1- The letter of the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, and President of the Permanent Population Committee on the annual report of the Committee.2- The letter of the Minister of Economy and Commerce on the outcome of the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (Argentina — December 2017). 3- The letter of the National Cyber Security Committee on the annual report of the Committee’s work in 2017.The aim of this committee is to enhance the security of information in the State to achieve comprehensive development plans in all areas through strategic guidance for the national efforts necessary to implement the goals set in the national strategy for cyber security and to co-operate with authorities concerned in this field.