Four Charged with Murder Over Downing of Flight MH17 UN Probe

COMMUNITY | Page 4 SPORT | Page 8 Qatar’s world-class facilities a major pull: Irish musician Philip Noone Qatar schools in a class of their own published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11220 June 20, 2019 Shawwal 17, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Romania PM hosts dinner for Qatar FM UN probe fi nds QATAR | Health WWRC marks one-year clear evidence to of transition of services The Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC), part of Hamad link MbS with Medical Corporation, is marking the first anniversary of the transition of services from Women’s Hospital to the new state-of-the-art facility. The new purpose-built facility has Khashoggi killing off ered high-quality urgent care to more than 160,000 patients Special rapporteur calls for suspension of Saudi trial since its opening, introduced 23 and launch of international criminal investigation additional services to enhance the patient experience and welcomed Callamard calls on countries to invoke universal 169 new staff members to join more jurisdiction for ‘the international crime’ and make arrests than 2,000 highly trained clinicians US urged to open an FBI investigation “already providing top-notch care at the hospital”. Page 3 Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila yesterday hosted a dinner in honour of HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Agencies QATAR | Reaction of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who began a two-day off icial visit to Romania. The banquet was Geneva/Riyadh Armed attacks on Mali attended by a number of ministers and senior off icials of Romania. villages condemned audi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Qatar has strongly condemned the Salman (MbS) and other senior armed attacks on two villages in SSaudi offi cials should be inves- Mali, which killed dozens of people. tigated over the murder of journalist In a statement issued yesterday, the Qatar, US states sign pacts Jamal Khashoggi since there is credible Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated evidence they are liable for his death, a Qatar’s firm stance rejecting UN rights investigator said yesterday. violence and terrorism regardless Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for of their motives and reasons. to fi ght transnational crime foreign aff airs, Adel al-Jubeir, rejected The statement expressed Qatar’s the investigator’s report as “nothing condolences to the families of the new”. victims and to the government and He added in a tweet: “The report people of Mali. QNA of the rapporteur in the human rights California council contains clear contradictions UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, BUSINESS | Aviation and baseless allegations which chal- summary or arbitrary executions Agnes lenge its credibility.” Callamard gestures as she answers Qatar Airways Cargo atar’s Attorney-General HE Dr Khashoggi’s death stirred wide- questions on a report of the killing of orders 5 new freighters Ali bin Fetais al-Marri has signed spread disgust and hurt the image of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Qatar Airways Cargo announced Qco-operation agreements aimed crown prince, previously admired in yesterday in Geneva. a significant new order for five at long-term strategic co-operation the West for pushing to end the king- Boeing 777 freighters at the Paris with 20 states and areas in the US. dom’s oil dependence and easing so- Agnes Callamard, the UN spe- Airshow yesterday. In the presence The agreements also are aimed at cial restrictions including by allowing cial rapporteur on extrajudicial ex- of HE the Minister of Transport and consolidation of eff orts to combat women to drive. ecutions, called on countries to in- Communications, Jassim Seif Ahmed transnational criminal organisations, voke universal jurisdiction for what al-Sulaiti, Qatar Airways group chief terrorism and corruption, and eff ec- she called the international crime and executive, HE Akbar al-Baker, also tive co-operation between law en- Turkey supports UN make arrests if individuals’ responsi- revealed three new freighter routes: forcement institutions. recommendations bility is proven. Hanoi–Dallas; Chicago–Singapore The agreements also cover co-op- The report, based on a six-month and Singapore–Los Angeles– Mexico eration in confronting international investigation, also calls on the United City. Business Page 1 conditions and challenges in the fi ght Those responsible for the murder States to “open an FBI investigation, against organised crime, terrorism and HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al-Marri signing a co-operation agreement with a US of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi if one is not already open, and pursue ASIA | Diplomacy corruption; ensuring the consolida- counterpart. will pay the price and be held criminal prosecutions within the Unit- tion of the principles of justice, safety, accountable, Turkish President ed States as appropriate”. China’s Xi in historic freedom and respect for human rights; eff orts and work on joint projects that two-day conference began yesterday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in The FBI did not immediately re- trip to North Korea and the promotion of economic pros- would improve bilateral co-operation At the outset of the conference general response to the UN report on the spond to a request for comment. Chinese President Xi Jinping makes perity for all citizens in both countries. and the exchange of practices to improve attorneys, who made signifi cant contri- killing. Speaking at an event in Callamard urged states to widen a historic trip to Pyongyang today, Signed on the sidelines of the at- eff orts to combat trans-border crimes. butions through their work in collabora- Istanbul, Erdogan said the findings sanctions to include the crown prince rebooting a troubled alliance as torney-general’s participation in the They also agreed on the exchange of tion with the ‘Alliance Partners in Africa’ in Callamard’s report showed that and his assets abroad, unless the man he and North Korean leader Kim annual conference of western states’ legal and technical knowledge through organisation, were honoured. Turkey had been mistreated in the seen by many as the de facto Saudi ruler Jong-un face their own challenges general attorneys held in the US city workshops, seminars, study trips and It witnessed many sessions that dis- process. Turkey strongly supported can prove he has no responsibility. with US President Donald Trump. Xi of Santa Barbra, the pacts also pro- facilitation of the exchange of em- cussed the economy, the impact of the a UN report urging an investigation Khashoggi, a critic of the prince and will be the first Chinese president vided for co-operation in the preven- ployees between the signatories to the new laws in California, sports betting into those responsible for the killing a Washington Post columnist, was last to visit North Korea in 14 years after tion, investigation and prosecution of agreement. on the Internet, the settlement of fed- of Khashoggi last year at the Saudi seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul relations between the Cold War era organised crimes and to overcome the Hosted by General-Attorney of Cal- eral requirements, the tax eff ects pan- Consulate in Istanbul, Foreign on October 2 where he was to receive allies deteriorated over Pyongyang’s obstacles of international borders. ifornia Xavier Becerra and New Mexico el, the cryptocurrency and blockchain Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. divorce papers ahead of his wedding. nuclear provocations. Page 13 The two sides also agreed to make General Attorney Hector Balderas, the technologies. Page 2 To Page 8 Four charged with murder over downing of Flight MH17 Airliner shot down over with the inquiry and is not expected to Ministry said in a statement. warrants for the four had been issued. Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 surrender defendants. Dutch Justice Minister Ferdinand Girkin, 48, a vocal and battle-hard- Suspects likely to be tried “These suspects are seen to have Grapperhaus said in a letter to parlia- ened Russian nationalist, is believed to in absentia played an important role in the death ment the Netherlands had taken un- live in Moscow where he makes regular of 298 innocent civilians,” Dutch Chief specifi ed “diplomatic steps” against public appearances. He is a commenta- Reuters Prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said. Moscow for failing to fully comply with tor on Russian and foreign aff airs via his Nieuwegein, Netherlands “Although they did not push the but- legal requests or providing incorrect own website and YouTube channel. ton themselves, we suspect them of information. “The rebels did not shoot down the close co-operation to get the (missile MH17 was shot out of the sky on July Boeing,” Girkin told Reuters without hree Russians and a Ukrain- launcher) where it was, with the aim to 17, 2014 over territory held by pro-Rus- elaborating. ian will face murder charges for shoot down an airplane.” sian separatists in eastern Ukraine as Ukrainian authorities said they Tthe deaths of 298 people aboard The Russian Foreign Ministry denied it was fl ying from Amsterdam to Kuala would try to detain Kharchenko, the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that that it had not co-operated while say- Lumpur. Everyone aboard died. suspect believed to be on their territory. was shot down over eastern Ukraine in ing the investigation was intended to The Dutch-led international team “The Russian Federation must now 2014, the international investigative damage Moscow’s reputation. tasked with assigning criminal re- cooperate fully with the prosecution team said yesterday. “Once again, absolutely groundless sponsibility for the plane’s destruction and provide any assistance it requests,” The suspects are likely to be tried in accusations are being made against the named the four suspects as Russians British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt absentia in proceedings set to start in Russian side, aimed at discrediting the Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and said.

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