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Gulf Crisis Created by Saudi, UAE to Grab Qatar's Wealth QATAR | Page 16 SPORT | Page 8 Boudiaf strikes as Duhail INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 16 COMMENT 14, 15 REGION 3 BUSINESS 1-6, 8-12 edge 26,071.72 9,200.10 63.51 ARAB WORLD 3 CLASSIFIED 7, 8 Spring Festival at +53.91 +41.33 -0.44 INTERNATIONAL 4-13 SPORTS 1-8 Arabi +0.21% +0.45% -0.69% Souq Al Wakrah Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10704 January 20, 2018 Jumada I 3, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals FM meets ICG president UAE tarnishes In brief Louvre’s fair name by omitting QATAR | Airspace violations Envoy says UAE accusations weak Qatar from map Qatar’s permanent representative to the UN, HE Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani, has aff irmed he unjust gesture from the Unit- mad al-Thani tweeted: “Entirely our Qatar’s keenness to inform the UN ed Arab Emirates (UAE) of omit- fault. We were a little behind on updat- Security Council member states of what Tting Qatar from a map exhibited ing the map.” He then posted the pic- it believes that aff ects its peace and at the recently opened Louvre Museum ture of the map tweeted by Ulrichsen, security and the surroundings in which in Abu Dhabi, has drawn widespread but superimposed with the image of it lives, and this prompted it to send two condemnation. the FIFA World Cup trophy. letters to the UN on two incidents of Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported Qatar Museums chairperson HE airspace violations by the UAE in order yesterday that in an analysis piece Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin to document this information. In a press written earlier this week entitled “The Khalifa al-Thani (@almayassahamad), statement yesterday, Sheikha Alia said UAE/Qatar rivalry is escalating”, the tweeted “Throughout history muse- that the allegations and letters sent by Washington Institute’s Simon Hender- ums were a source of reference. People the UAE to the Security Council that son noted that a large map of the world would visit to acquire knowledge and Qatari fighters intercepted their civilian HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met yesterday with President featured at the museum “completely learn about world cultures through the aircraft are weak accusations and not of International Crisis Group (ICG) Robert Malley. Discussions during the meeting in Washington dealt with regional and omits” the nation of Qatar. exploration of objects on display. Al- based on accurate information, which international developments of common interest. “In the children’s section of Abu though the notion of museums is a new Qatar has addressed to the Security Dhabi’s new fl agship Louvre Museum, one to Abu Dhabi, surely the @Musee- Council, but rather an expected reaction a map of the southern Gulf completely Louvre is not okay with this?” to the letters sent by Qatar. omits the Qatari peninsula – a geo- Last year, the UAE paid France’s graphical deletion that is probably in- iconic Louvre Museum a whopping AMERICA | Diplomacy compatible with France’s agreement to $520mn for the use of its name in its let Abu Dhabi use the Louvre’s name,” own Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum, which Trump to meet British Henderson wrote. fi nally opened its doors last November PM in Davos next week The issue was highlighted yesterday after a fi ve-year delay. US President Donald Trump plans to Gulf crisis created by Kristian Ulrichsen, Rice University’s It was on June 5 that the UAE – along meet Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa Baker Institute for Public Policy and with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain May at the World Economic Forum in associate fellow, Chatham House, who – abruptly severed ties with Qatar, ac- Davos next week, the White House said tweeted a picture of the map accom- cusing it of supporting terrorist groups yesterday. The announcement came panying an exhibit, a vase: “Here is the in the region. after Trump cancelled a planned trip to map from an exhibit in the Louvre Abu Qatar, for its part, vehemently denies London, casting further doubt on the by Saudi, UAE to Dhabi that omits the Qatari peninsula the allegations, describing attempts to strength of the vaunted trans-Atlantic from the Lower Gulf.” isolate it by its fellow Arab states as a “special relationship.” To which Sheikh Mohamed bin Ha- violation of international law. REGION | Nuclear Russia: Iran deal can’t grab Qatar’s wealth be saved without US Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday ruled out the possibility of salvaging the Iranian nuclear deal zSheikh Abdullah says bin Zayed and Mohamed bin Salman to On January 14, Sheikh Abdullah had if President Donald Trump decides he was put under usurp the wealth and riches of Qatar,” released a video statement, saying he to pull the United States out of the tremendous pressure he said, referring to the Abu Dhabi and was a “prisoner” in the UAE, and that agreement. “This agreement cannot be Saudi crown princes, respectively. if anything happened to him, “Sheikh implemented if one of the participants “I urge my fellow Qataris to defend Mohamed” is responsible. unilaterally steps out of it,” Lavrov told a controversial member of the your position, beware of them,” he While he did not specify, Sheikh Ab- news conference at the United Nations. Qatari royal family, who was al- added. “They may lure you with money dullah appeared to be referring to Abu “It will fall apart and there will be no A legedly held against his will in to destroy your own country.” Dhabi’s crown prince. On Wednesday, deal then,” he said, adding: “I think the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has In his audio message, threatening he fl ew to Kuwait where he was trans- everyone understands that.” Page 3 accused Saudi Arabia and the UAE of suicide, Sheikh Abdullah said: “Due to ferred to a hospital shortly after his ar- A screenshot of Sheikh Mohamed bin A screen grab of HE Sheikha Al orchestrating the Gulf crisis in order to the pressures on me, my confi nement, rival in a wheelchair. Hamad al-Thani’s tweet. Mayassa’s tweet. BUSINESS | Markets seize Qatar’s wealth, Al Jazeera report- and inability to return home (Qatar) or A day earlier, Abdullah’s brother, S&P 500, Nasdaq ed yesterday. join my family, namely my two daugh- Sheikh Khalid, told Al Jazeera that his Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al-Thani ters, I have decided to end my life with sibling’s health had deteriorated due All 2022 World Cup matches to be played in Qatar fi nish at records was previously portrayed by Saudi Ara- the aim of preventing any harm to oth- to exhaustion and pressure he was The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at bia and the UAE as the main opposition ers.” exposed to under Emirati authori- Qatar will host every game of the increasingly bitter eight-month crisis. records Friday as Wall Street investors fi gure to the Qatari government amid Majed al-Ansari, a professor at Qatar ties. Sheikh Khalid had added that his 2022 World Cup, the country’s senior “Qatar is the sole host country of the shrugged off worries about a US the major diplomatic dispute. University, told Al Jazeera that the re- brother was in stable condition and tournament organiser insisted yesterday, 2022 World Cup and will host the 64 government shutdown amid partisan In an audio recording from January 15 cording came as “no surprise”. should be leaving the hospital soon. amid speculation the Gulf political crisis matches of the tournament across bickering in Washington. The broad- obtained by Al Jazeera, Sheikh Abdul- “We know that [Sheikh Abdullah] The Saudi-led group of countries would force the country to relocate eight planned venues,” al-Thawadi told based S&P 500 finished up 0.4 % to lah said he was put under “tremendous has been pressured in the past couple accuse Qatar of supporting “terrorism”, matches. Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary- AFP in a statement. He was responding 2,810.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq pressures” which led him to even de- of months,” he said. “He hasn’t been as an allegation Doha strongly denies. general of Qatar’s World Cup organising to a recent media claim that the 2022 Composite Index gained 0.6 % Index cide to “put an end to his life”. visible as he was in the beginning of the On June 5 last year, Saudi Arabia, the committee, also maintained that matches could be played elsewhere in to 7,336.38. The Dow Jones Industrial “The [Gulf] crisis is based on inter- crisis, which tells us basically that he UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic preparations for the tournament were the region, specifically Iran, because of Average finished at 26,071.72. ests and the desire of both Mohamed wasn’t co-operating with his captors.” and transport links with Qatar. on schedule, despite the ongoing and political and economic uncertainties. Qatar helps refugee athlete contest at Tokyo games By Anthony Harwood camp in Kenya where he learned how to resent the 65.6mn forcibly displaced activities means a safe space in which London run competitively. people who have had to fl ee from their they can heal, grow and develop. Ten years later, he was on the starting homes because of war, famine, man- “Sport is also an agent for change for blocks for the 800m in Rio, one of 10 made and natural disasters displaced and refugee children work- refugee who ran in the Rio Olym- athletes in the fi rst ever Olympic refu- “Being on the board of the Olympic ing to improve their social, physical and pics has been chosen to improve gee team.
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