Labour minister meets Indonesian delegation

 HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Yousef bin Mohamed al-Othman Fakhro met yesterday with chairman of the Protection Agency and the Indonesian Manpower Placement Nusron Wahid and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting they discussed activating the agreement to recruit skilled and semi-skilled Indonesian labour in Qatar soon. They also agreed for the joint technical committee stipulated in the recruitment agreement signed between the two parties, to hold its meetings in the next two months to develop appropriate mechanisms to organise and re-initiate the process of bringing Indonesian labour as soon as possible.   — QNA

Qatar condemns attack in northern Iraq
Qatar expressed its condemnation and denunciation of an armed attack that targeted a town in northern Iraq and left three dead and two injured. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed, in a statement yesterday, the firm position of Qatar of rejecting violence and terrorism regardless of the motives and reasons. The statement expressed condolences to the victims’ families, the government, and the people of Iraq, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. — QNA

Qatar participates in 11th Session of Arab Water Council
The Arab Ministerial Water Council held yesterday its 11th session at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat. Qatar is participating in those meetings with a delegation chaired by HE the Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League ambassador Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz al-Sahlawi. The session focuses on a number of issues, such as the implementation of the executive strategic plan for water security in the region, following up on the 2030 sustainable development plans in relation to water, and the Israeli occupation’s theft of Arab waters in occupied Syrian Golan, and from the south of Lebanon, among other issues. — QNA
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, will be at the 20th Arab Radio and TV Festival being held between June 28-30 in Culture City in Tunis. The annual festival, organised by Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), aims to contribute to the development of Arab radio and television production, enhance its quality and promote innovative and meaningful trends in the industry.
Es’hailSat will be showcasing Es’hail-1, Es’hail-2 and new state-of-the-art teleport. Es’hail-1 and Es’hail-2 are currently transmitting high-quality, premium DTH television content from the 25.5 /26  E hotspot. In addition to providing transmission and expansion opportunities for established news and sports channels, Es’hailSat supports niche channels to launch their services within the region.
Es’hailSat’s new teleport, which became commercially operational in Q1 of 2019, provide customers with secure and independent satellite transmission. The facility supports satellite TT&C and capacity management together with a wide range of services such as uplink, downlink, multiplexing, encoding, playout and other value-added services.