TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 2019 DHU AL-HIJJAH 12, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4711 QR 2 PARTLY CLOUDY Fajr: 3:44 am Dhuhr: 11:39 am HIGH : 40°C Asr: 3:08 pm Maghrib: 6:13 pm LOW : 34°C Isha: 7:43 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 09 Sports 12 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Oil steadies as Saudi, Kuwait Giants clash tonight for AFC Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera signals offset demand fears Champions League QF ticket alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 This Eid, get your Ooredoo Passport and enjoy up to 500 MB of free roaming data! Qatar slams AMIR RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM IRANIAN PRESIDENT Occupancy rate Nigeria attacks QATAR has condemned the two attacks on a at Dragon Mart military base and village in northeastern Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry rises to 98% of Foreign Affairs SATYENDRA PATHAK longer. reiterated DOHA Currently, more than 280 Qatar’s shops inside Dragon Mart are firm posi- WITH the number of cus- occupied. tion reject- tomers visiting Dragon Mart As many as 80 quality Chi- ing violence and terrorism, increasing by the day, the oc- nese firms have set up shops regardless of motives cupancy rate at Qatar’s first at the Dragon Mart to sell and causes. The ministry Chinese mall has reached al- their branded products in Qa- offered Qatar’s condo- most 98 percent. tar, he said. lences to the families of the “The average monthly Attracting more visitors to victims and the government footfall at Dragon Mart has the mall, Yang said, Dragon and people of Nigeria. (TNN) gone beyond 170,000 this Mart is one of the first malls in year. It’s a huge increase com- Qatar to introduce 2358 fast pared to the previous years,” fashion shop. Dragon Mart Managing Di- “The new 2358 fast fashion rector Qi Yang told Qatar shop, which offers best quality Yemen separatists Tribune general Chinese ready for talks “Footfalls merchandise at during festive BRISK BUSINESS cheap prices, after Aden ‘coup’ The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani received a written message from Iran President Hassan Rouhani. The message pertains seasons rise has become an HE head of Yemen’s to bilateral relations and the ways of developing them and a number of regional and international issues. The message was handed over further. We re- OMore than 280 instant hit with Tseparatist movement said by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif when the Amir met him at Al Bahr Palace on Monday. The meeting also dealt with the ceived more shops inside Dragon Qatari custom- he was ready to take part in latest developments in the region. (QNA) than 200,000 Mart have been ers,” he said. Saudi-brokered peace talks visitors during occupied. “Many fami- after clashes with pro-govern- the Holy Month OAs many as 80 lies in Qatar ment forces killed dozens in of Ramadan quality Chinese firms have shifted second city Aden. this year. We have set up shops from buying ex- The fighting in Yemen’s are witnessing at the Dragon Mart pensive house- southern port city pitted same number to sell their branded hold items from Saudi-backed government of visitors this products in Qatar. branded shops forces against the UAE- US arms sales turning Gulf Eid Al Adha fes- to purchas- trained Security Belt Force, tivities as well,” ing reasonably both of which have been Yang said. priced quality Chinese items fighting Houthi rebels who Such a high number of at our mall. As shoppers in seized the capital Sanaa in visitors at a shopping area Qatar have become more cau- 2014. While the two sides into ‘tinderbox’: Iran’s FM of 16,000 sqm make Dragon tious, they want quality items are technically supported Mart one of the top five busi- at reasonable prices. This is by a Saudi and Emirati- US President Donald Trump’s est malls in Qatar, he said. where Dragon Mart fits in,” dominated military coalition, Zarif blasts US decision in May 2018 to uni- Rising number of custom- Yang said. the Security Belt is largely If you are talking laterally withdraw Washing- ers has resulted in higher sales Yang said that most shops made up of fighters who op- for arms sales about threats ton from a landmark nuclear volume and higher occupancy at the mall have reported good pose President Abedrabbo coming from the deal signed in 2015 between at Dragon Mart, Yang said, profit during due to rise in Mansour Hadi and seek an to Gulf allies region, the threats are world powers and Iran. adding that queue for renting number of customers. independent south Yemen. Since then, the US has re- shops especially at the ground coming from the US and Continued on page 2 Ô Last week the sepa- AGENCIES its allies who are pouring instated sweeping sanctions floor of the mall has become ratists seized army bases DOHA against Tehran as part of a and a presidential palace weapons in the region, “maximum pressure” cam- in temporary capital Aden, IRAN’S Foreign Minister Mo- making it a tinderbox paign and has also increased prompting the government hammad Javad Zarif accused ready to blow up.” its military presence in the to accuse the UAE of back- the United States on Monday region. ing a “coup”. PAGE 4 of transforming the Gulf into — Mohammad Javad Zarif Tensions between the two a “tinderbox” with its arms nations escalated again in sales to regional allies. May, when Washington ac- In an interview with Al Ja- cused Iran of sabotaging tank- zeera on Monday, Zarif said billion on all its military with Zarif’s comments come ers in the shipping route, alle- more warships in the Gulf almost one million people after the US announced it is gations denied by Iran. would only lead to more inse- in the army. The UAE with a working to form a military In June, Iran downed a US curity. total population of one mil- coalition to protect commer- military surveillance drone in “The US [sold] $50bn lion spent $22 billion, Saudi cial shipping in the Gulf fol- the Gulf with a surface-to-air worth of weapons to the re- Arabia spent $87 billion,” he lowing suspected attacks on missile. gion last year. Some of the continued. oil tankers near the Strait of Iran says the drone was in countries in the region with “If you are talking about Hormuz. its airspace, but Washington less than a third of our popu- threats coming from the re- Tensions have soared in says it was in international Floods displace lation spend $87bn on mili- gion, the threats are coming recent months around the skies. over 1 mn people tary procurement,” Zarif told from the US and its allies who strategic waterway, where Zarif said the presence Al Jazeera in Doha. are pouring weapons in the about 20 percent of the of US and foreign naval fleet in India (PG 5) “Let’s make a compari- region, making it a tinderbox world’s oil passes through. never produced “security”. son; Iran spent last year $16 ready to blow up.” The friction is rooted in PAGE 4 Dragon Mart is seeing increasing footfalls now a days. EPA EID AL ADHA CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE AT KATARA A large number of visitors thronged Katara beach on the second day of Eid Al Adha festivities Hong Kong airport grinds to halt on Monday; HONG Kong’s airport halted flights on Monday, blaming dem- (Right) Dazzling onstrators for the disruption. The airport authority said it was fireworks working with airlines to resume flights from 6 am on Tues- day, but the developments raised the stakes sharply after a enthralled weekend of skirmishes during which both activists and police visitors. PAGE 16 toughened their stances. (REUTERS) PAGE 5 02 Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. SHEIKH MOHAMMED MEETS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Quick read Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Amir exchanges Eid greetings Foreign Affairs His with crown prince of Kuwait Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani exchanged Abdulrahman al greetings with the Crown Prince of the sisterly State of Kuwait Thani, met on Mon- Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmed alJaber al Sabah, on the occasion of day the Minister of the blessed Eid Al-Adha, in a telephone call HH the Amir held Foreign Affairs of on Sunday evening. (QNA) the Islamic Repub- lic of Iran Moham- Amir exchanges Eid greetings with mad Javad Zarif, Algeria’ interim president who is currently visiting the country. THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani exchanged During the meet- greetings with the Interim President of the People’s Democratic ing, they reviewed Republic of Algeria Abdelkader Bensalah, on the occasion of bilateral relations the blessed Eid Al-Adha in a telephone conversation HH the and the ways of Amir held on Sunday evening. (QNA) enhancing them, in addition to issues of common inter- est. (QNA) Qatar strongly condemns storming of Al-Aqsa , Israeli aggression on worshippers MoI’s community events on first QNA stressed the need for the in- DOHA ternational community to act urgently to stop the repeated day of Eid Al-Adha turn big draw THE State of Qatar has con- Israeli attacks against the demned in the strongest terms brotherly Palestinian people the storming of dozens of Is- and Al-Aqsa Mosque.