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Amir, Afghan president discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations Amir to meet Ghani thanks Qatar Erdogan today for hosting Afghan peace negotiations His Highness the Amir of State of QNA Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will meet President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Erdogan on Wednesday. The Turk- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Presi- ish president will arrive in Doha on dent of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dr Wednesday on a working visit. HH Mohammad Ashraf Ghani held official talks at the Amir and the Turkish president the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday. will discuss the strategic relations At the beginning of the session, HH the between the two countries and the Amir welcomed the Afghan president and the ways of enhancing them, in addition accompanying delegation, expressing his con- to a number of issues of mutual fidence that this visit will strengthen bilateral concern. (QNA) relations between the two countries. The Afghan president expressed his thanks and appreciation to HH the Amir for the warm reception and stressed the importance of rela- tions between the two countries. COVID-19 vaccine He also appreciated Qatar’s hosting of the Afghan peace negotiations and praised the role may be ready by of Qatar and its commitment to peace in his HH the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Afghanistan President Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani held talks at Amiri Diwan on Tuesday. country. year-end: WHO During the talks, the two sides reviewed bi- Afghanistan in light of the Afghan peace nego- For Qatar’s side, the meeting was attended session. lateral relations and the means of developing tiations currently underway in Doha, in order by a number of ministers. From Afghanistan’s Earlier upon arrival at the Amiri Diwan, an and strengthening them in various fields. to achieve security, stability and peace in Af- side, members of the official delegation accom- official reception was held for the Afghanistan The talks also dealt with developments in ghanistan. panying the Afghan president attended the president. page 16 Non-Qataris can own, use A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by the year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “We will need vaccines and real estate in 25 areas there is hope that by the end of this year we may have a vaccine. There is Tribune News Network hope,” WHO Director-General Tedros Doha Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in final remarks to the WHO’s Executive Board. Qatar has allowed non-Qataris to Tedros called for solidarity and political own properties or use real estate in 25 commitment by all leaders to ensure areas of the country as part of efforts equal distribution of vaccines when to diversify the economy. they become available. Nine experi- In a statement on Tuesday, the mental vaccines are in the pipeline of Ministry of Justice said the number the WHO’s COVAX global vaccine facility of areas in which non-Qataris may that aims to distribute 2 billion doses own real estate has been brought up Qatar begins disbursing by the end of 2021. Agencies to 9, while the number of areas where non-Qataris may use real estate (usu- fruct for a period of 99 years) has been cash aid to poor Gazans brought up to 16. The Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, in coopera- The total number of areas that tion with Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD), began the pro- 3 held for violating have been designated for ownership cess of disbursing cash assistance to disadvantaged and needy home-quarantine and usufruct by non-Qataris has now families in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Qatar Committee for the reached 25. ● Qatari and non-Qatari citizens, residents and non-residents can Reconstruction of Gaza Chairman Ambassador HE Mohammed Al The 16 areas eligible for usufruct Emadi said the cash assistance will be provided to 100,000 poor conditions for a period of 99 years Msheireb, Fa- now have the right to ownership of residential units or commercial and needy families in the governorates of the Gaza Strip, where reej Abdulaziz, Al Doha Al Jadeeda, Al units inside residential complexes and malls every family will receive $100. (QNA) The competent authorities on Tuesday Ghanim Alateeq, Al Rifa, Al Hitmi Al ● arrested three people for violating the Ateeq, , Bin Mahmoud 22, Non-Qatari companies are allowed to own real estate requirements of the home quarantine Bin Mahmoud 23, Roudet Al Khail, ● Non-Qataris can own real estate in 9 areas. They can also use mandated by the health authorities. The , Bin Durham, Al Na- arrests were made in implementation of jma, Umm Ghawlina, , Al real estate usufruct for a period of 99 years in 16 areas the precautionary measures approved by Sadd, Al Jadeed, Al Nasr, ● Owners of property worth at least QR730,000 and their families the health authorities represented in the Doha International Airport. will be granted residency without a sponsor Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to ensure As for the nine freehold areas, they public safety and to curb the spread of are the , the Pearl, Al Khor coronavirus (COVID-19). The three people resort, (areas no. 60 and 61), being referred to the competent prosecu- , , Al Kharaej, and Jabal Such decisions would make a tion are Hassan Saad Badi Al Jafali Al Thuaileb. qualitative shift in developing Nuaimi, Mahmoud Badea Mukhtar Abdul The statement said Qatari and the real estate sector in Kamel and Salah Al Sayyed Bedair Al non-Qatari citizens, residents and Qatar and promoting its investment Dersi. (TNN) non-residents can now have the right attractiveness in the region in a way that to ownership of residential units or will serve the national economy.” commercial units in residential com- plexes and malls. — HE Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, Council of Ministers’ Decision Minister of Justice HIA first to receive BSI No 28 of 2020 specifies the areas in verification for COVID-19 which non-Qataris may own and use “The decision supports the gov- estate sector in Qatar and promoting SC receives safety award for real estate, and the conditions, con- ernment’s plans to diversify the its investment attractiveness in the re- safety protocol (PG 3 ) trols, benefits and procedures thereof. economy and establish an integrated gion in a way that serves the national workers’ welfare programme As per the decision, Qataris and legislative system to realise the vari- economy,” he said. non-Qataris may own a detached unit ous social and economic aspects of “It will create an attractive legisla- The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) has in one of the residential compounds. Qatar National Vision 2030,” Min- tive and legal environment that incen- received special recognition for its Workers’ Welfare pro- They may also own detached units ister of Justice and Minister of State tivises investors and simultaneously gramme from the Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Nobel Physics Prize (offices and shops) in shopping malls for the Council of Ministers Affairs guarantees them safe and promising Mohammed Fahad Al Hajri, Compliance and Audits Senior throughout the country, provided that HE Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nu- investment that benefits local and for- Manager from the SC’s Workers’ Welfare Department, re- for black hole no modification or change in the na- aimi said. eign investors,” he added. ceived the award during the Qatar Achievements on Voca- researchers (PG 8) ture of the unit, its style or to the exte- “Such decisions would make a tional Safety book launch ceremony. (TNN) page 3 rior thereof is made. qualitative shift in developing the real Continued on page 4 