ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 13 November 2012 28 Dhul-Hijja 1433 - Volume 17 Number 5517 Price: QR2 Immense scope Beach soccer for investment comes to in Qatar: Official Qatar Business | 21 Sport | 32 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Heir Apparent Arabs recognise Syrian rebel bloc to open food It is the legitimate representative of opposition, says PM; other groups urged to join security forum DOHA: The Heir Apparent CAIRO: The Arab League states, Iraq and Algeria expressed H H Sheikh Tamim bin yesterday recognised a newly reservations about the statement, Hamad Al Thani will open the formed Syrian opposition bloc an Arab League official said. International Conference on as “legitimate,” urging more The coalition’s newly installed Food Security in Dry Lands opposition groups to join the leader, Ahmed Moaz Al Khatib (FSDL) at the Qatar University coalition. made a concerted effort to address tomorrow. The two-day confer- Arab foreign ministers in a the sectarian and ethnic acrimony ence is organised by the National statement after talks called the underlying 20 months of civil war Food Security Programme in National Council, formed in Doha that has killed 38,000 people. “We collaboration with a consortium on Sunday, “the legitimate repre- demand freedom for every Sunni, of national, regional and inter- sentative and main interlocutor Alawi, Ismaili, Christian, Druze, national partner institutions. with the Arab League”. Assyrian ... and rights for all parts More than 400 participants from “It is the legitimate repre- of the harmonious Syrian people,” 50 countries and some 40 high- sentative of the Syrian opposi- he said, calling on Syrian soldiers level officials will be attending tion,” Qatar’s Prime Minister and to desert and all sects to unite. the event. Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Qatar’s Minister of State for See also page 3 Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Foreign Affairs H E Khaled Al Thani, who heads the Arab League Attiya said recognition would group for Syria, told reporters. remove any obstacles to the oppo- Military exercises Arab League Secretary General sition’s securing arms for rebel Nabil Al Arabi and the UN-Arab fighters on the ground. begin today envoy to Syria Lakhdar Al Brahimi “When they get the legitimacy DOHA: Qatar’s defence forces were present. from the international arena they have urged the public not to panic The top diplomats called on can go and contract whatever as a three-day training exercise “the rest of the opposition to join they want themselves, because is scheduled to begin today in dif- this national coalition so that it they would be recognised as full ferent areas and streets of Doha, brings together all segments of legitimate government whether Qatar News Agency reports. The the Syrian people”. They also in exile or whether inside Syria,” exercises will also involve troops urged “regional and international he said in an interview to be aired from several friendly and ‘broth- groups to recognise (the bloc) as on Al Jazeera television. erly’ countries, the agency said. a national representative of the Meanwhile, the Gulf The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani arriving for Arab League Lekhwiya as well as the Civil aspirations of the Syrian people.” Cooperation Council, earlier in foreign ministers’ meeting on Syria at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo yesterday. Defence and military police will They granted the coalition the the day, said that its six mem- also have their vehicles operating in status of an observer. The min- ber states have decided to recog- the United Arab Emirates — The statement said the GCC The GCC chief also said he the exercises that last till Thursday. isters called on the UN Security nise the newly formed National became the first to recognise the was “looking forward to Arab hoped that the formation of the The public has been asked to take Council to approve a ceasefire reso- Coalition of the Syrian opposition opposition coalition. states and the international new coalition “would lead to precautions presumably as the lution in line with Chapter VII of as the legitimate representative of “The states of the coun- community recognising the coa- ending the bloodshed, protect troop movements could cause traf- the UN charter. They assigned the the Syrian people. cil announce recognising the lition”. “Council states will pro- the territorial unity of Syria, and fic snarls. “The General Command chairman of the Arab League Syria The Gulf Cooperation Council’s National Coalition for the Forces vide support to this new entity, to hold a general national con- of the Qatar’s Armed Forces has committee and the Arab League move came a year to the day of the Syrian Revolution and in order to achieve the aspira- gress to pave the way to build a cautioned the public not to panic Secretary General to head to the after the Arab League suspended Opposition... as the legitimate tions of the Syrian people, in state ruled by law and open to all and called on them to cooperate in UN Security Council to seek an Syria’s membership. The GCC representative of the brotherly hope that this (coalition) will be its citizens without exceptions order to the facilitate the movement urgent action regarding Syria. members — Bahrain, Kuwait, Syrian people,” GCC Secretary- a step towards a quick political or discrimination”. AGENCIES of troops,” QNA said. In a sign of divisions among Arab Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and General Abdullatif Al Zayani said. transfer of power,” Zayani said. See also pages 7 & 10 THE PENINSULA Messi in Saudi Saudi complains Qatar to invest $200bn to UN about Iranian intrusion in infrastructure sector JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has DOHA: The size of Qatar’s becoming a becoming a two-way accused Iran of straying onto its infrastructure investment is investments, he said. territory near oil and gas fields projected to exceed an esti- The Minister noted Qatar’s in the Gulf and warned it was mated $200bn over the next leading economic indicators looking at how to respond, the ten years. The country has are as strong as any developed Saudi ambassador to the United already decided to invest economies. The country’s econ- Nations said. $140bn in the sector during the omy has been growing double In a letter to UN Secretary- coming five years, H E Yousuf digit over the past several years. General Ban Ki-moon, Saudi Hussein Kamal, Minister of Driven by huge increase in the authorities said Iranian helicop- Economy and Finance said prices of hydrocarbon, Qatar’s ters flew several times over a here yesterday. nominal GDP has grown to a gas field at Hasba, Abdullah Al Delivering the opening high 36.3 percent, he said. Mualimi was quoted as saying in address at the four-day Mena To support the growth in the the daily newspaper Okaz yes- Investment Management Forum dynamic private sector, Qatar terday. The letter also said two (MIMF) here, the minister said, has got one of the best legal Iranian navy boats intercepted a with announcement of multi- and regulatory environments in vessel belonging to state-owned billion development projects, place. The country’s tax system oil giant Saudi Aramco. Qatar has emerged as the glo- and institutional framework “I have submitted to Secretary- bal leader in the infrastructure are ideal and conducive for the General Ban Ki-moon a letter Argentinian football player Lionel Messi is escorted by security personnel as he arrives with his team in investment. strong growth of the financial that details Iran’s breaches of Riyadh yesterday. Argentina will play a friendly match against Saudi Arabia tomorrow. “The investment in the infra- sector. the official conventions and trea- structure projects is a major With its strong economic fun- ties between it and Saudi Arabia,” source of Qatar’s economic diver- damentals and highest standard Okaz quoted Mualimi as saying. sification. The upcoming rail of transparency, Qatar offers A Foreign Ministry spokesman and metro projects, New Doha great confidence to investors. A declined to comment. Mualimi International airports and the competitive tax structure and was quoted as saying the Saudi Forged papers used for firms’ renewal Lusail City projects offer wide a legal system based on English government had not requested range of funding opportunities common law are integral part of international intervention but was for the investors.” Qatar’s financial sector. “studying the appropriate practical DOHA: Some companies whose with a white paper and make a concerned to immediately stop all With Qatar Investment The international best prac- steps to deal with the issue”. He said commercial registration has photocopy in colour so that the the activities of that company. We Authority and its subsidiaries tices being pursued by the Qatar the kingdom reserved the right to been suspended or frozen try document could pass as original. can also refer such cases to the looking forward to forming well- Financial Centre has attracted respond with appropriate action to to get it renewed using forged “Some Mandoobs are doing this Public Prosecution,” said Al Ahwal. picked portfolio of assets, the many international companies protect its territory and oil. documents, an official of the to help their companies or under However, there are some country is looking beyond domes- that sought to get a base in the The Saudi Foreign Ministry Ministry of Justice has said. their instruction,” said Al Ahwal. Mandoobs who resort to such tic investments. region, Yousuf Hussein said. has sent a letter to the Iranian The certificate authentication Companies that resort to such tactics without knowing the seri- Qatar’s proposed development The regulatory authorities Foreign Ministry asking that such office at the Ministry has come falsification are mostly those that ousness of their act, he added.