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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Ali sends S Africa spinning INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-4, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 to defeat REGION 4 BUSINESS 1-6, 13-16 LNG expansion plan 21,37000 8,904.16 44.23 ARAB WORLD 4, 5, 6 CLASSIFIED 7-13 +90.00 -18.56 -1.29 INTERNATIONAL 7-17 SPORTS 1-8 +0.42% -0.21% -2.83% generating top returns Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10510 July 10, 2017 Shawwal 16, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Sri Lankan FM, ICC chief prosecutor In brief QATAR | Diplomacy Al-Muraikhi meets Gambian minister HE the Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi has met with the Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Aff airs, Hussein Dabo, on the His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met yesterday with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake and sidelines of the 44th session of the OIC his accompanying delegation at his off ice at Al Bahr Palace. The meeting reviewed relations of co-operation between the two Council of Foreign Ministers in Abidjan, countries and means of enhancing and promoting them in all fields, especially in the political areas and economic partnership. QNA reports. During the meeting, they Talks also dealt with the latest regional and international developments, mainly the Gulf crisis. The Sri Lankan minister stressed His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met yesterday with the discussed bilateral relations, ways his country’s stance to resolve the crisis through constructive dialogue. Page 2 Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, at of strengthening them as well as a his off ice at Al Bahr Palace. They reviewed the latest developments in the region, number of issues of common concern. particularly the aftermath of the GCC crisis and the violations of international HE al-Muraikhi also briefed Dabo on the accords and human rights committed by the four siege countries. Bensouda praised latest developments pertaining to the Qatar’s handling of the crisis. The meeting also dealt with co-operation ties between siege imposed by some OIC member Qatar and the ICC. states on Qatar. He stressed that zIn her meeting with HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman imposing unilateral measures against al-Thani, Bensouda expressed regret over the human rights violations committed Qatar is against the UN Charter and a by the quartet that imposed air, sea and land blockade on Qatar. She praised Qatar’s flagrant violation of international law, mature way of dealing with the crisis. Page 2 which has resulted in serious violations Panel set up to of human rights. QATAR | Shipping Mwani Qatar handles Private sector ‘proves 212 vessels in June claim damages Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) yesterday said it handled ability to overcome 212 vessels last month across its diff erent ports in the country. These 212 vessels were hosted at Hamad Port, Doha Port and Ruwais Port, Mwani eff ects of blockade’ Qatar informed in a tweet yesterday. from siege states Earlier, it was announced that Mwani he Qatari private sector has prov- Qatar had inaugurated, along with its en its resilience and ability to partners, five new direct service lines PM opens Compensation Claims Committee HQ Tovercome the eff ects of the eco- between Hamad Port and diff erent Public and private sectors can seek damages nomic blockade imposed by Saudi Ara- ports in the region and beyond in less bia and its allies, a top offi cial of Qatar than 20 days. Chamber (QC) has said. Various sectors have opened new REGION | Travel Agencies Doha channels to import foodstuff and con- US lift s gadget ban on struction materials since the beginning of the siege, QC chairman HE Sheikh Kuwait Airways fl ights atar yesterday announced it Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani stressed in a Kuwait Airways yesterday announced was establishing a committee statement yesterday. that the US authorities had lifted a ban Qto pursue compensation claims The private sector’s eff orts in this Qatar Chamber chairman HE Sheikh on personal electronic devices on board potentially worth billions of dollars over area ensured the continued fl ow of such Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani. flights bound for the US, after American the country’s blockade by the Saudi-led goods into the local market at the same off icials inspected security measures bloc. pace to prevent any shortage of con- to establish more industries, especially on flights, QNA reported. Kuwait Attorney General HE Dr Ali bin Fetais sumer goods, he noted. in the food sector. Businessmen would Airways passengers will be able to carry al-Marri said the Compensation Claims There is constant communication be given new advantages and incentives, personal electronic items on board all Committee would deal with cases in- between Qatar Chamber and the com- encouraging them to contribute more US-bound flights departing from Kuwait cluding major companies, such as Qatar petent ministries and institutions to in the fi eld, and with all facilities that International Airport, the carrier said in Airways, and individual Qatari students HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa remove all obstacles facing business would help them launch local produc- a statement relayed by Kuwaiti news who have been expelled from the coun- al-Thani with Attorney General HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al-Marri and other off icials at the sectors with a view to ensuring the sus- tive projects, according to the offi cial agency Kuna. The US Transportation tries where they were studying. opening of the Compensation Claims Committee headquarters in Doha yesterday. tained fl ow of goods and preventing Qatar News Agency. Security Administration lifted the ban “This committee will receive all any shortage, especially in foodstuff , he He noted that an initiative launched after US off icials inspected the security claims, whether from the public sector, 140 Qatari pupils studying in the UAE, manent and its mission shall not end said. by the single-window committee, measures on Kuwait Airways flights, it private sector or individuals,” al-Marri Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. with the end of the crisis. HE Sheikh Khalifa indicated that Qa- which was formed as part of a project said. Page 4 told journalists at a press conference in The Compensation Claims Commit- The diff erence between politics and tar Chamber holds daily meetings with to streamline investor services, has Doha. tee, which was opened by HE the Prime law is that in law there is continuity, un- traders and suppliers to discuss all ob- contributed to expediting the issuance Potential plaintiff s such as Qatar Air- Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh like politics, which could be stopped by stacles faced by them in this regard and of industrial licences under the theme QATAR | Humanitarian ways, banks or individuals will be able to Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Tha- certain conditions, he added, emphasis- to refer the obstacles to the competent “Own a factory within 72 hours”. The Qatar Charity tie-up fi le claims related to the siege in courts ni, will be overseen by al-Marri, as well ing the right to compensation for civil or authorities to fi nd immediate solutions. initiative also included the introduction with UN bodies at home and abroad, including in Paris as offi cials from the ministries of foreign criminal damages, which is guaranteed He also praised the co-operation ex- of 250 industrial opportunities in vari- and London, al-Marri said. aff airs and justice. by law. tended by various ministries and gov- ous sectors, he added. Qatar Charity (QC) has consultative On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United The committee would receive all In this context, al-Marri referred to ernment institutions, saying this has HE Sheikh Khalifa said the “unjust status and memberships at a number Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt an- claims, sort and decide them and then Arab and European similar cases, where provided solutions to all the problems siege” imposed on Qatar did not aff ect of UN entities as well as international nounced they had cut all ties with Qatar, refer them to the relevant jurisdictions, countries are still paying compensation faced by Qatari traders and opened new the Qatari market, while companies and regional humanitarian accusing Doha of supporting Islamist whether at the local level (the Qatari after decades of damages resulting of horizons for businessmen to expand from the blockading countries were organisations. In a report released extremists. Doha denies the accusations. courts) or at the level of the interna- wars or crises. their activities in order to cover any heavily aff ected as they lost their pres- yesterday, QC said it has made 93 Qatar has said thousands of its citi- tional courts in cases requiring inter- From a legal point of view, each fi le defi cit that may result from the siege ence in Qatar. co-operation agreements worth more zens have been aff ected by the isolation national arbitration through overseas submitted to the committee shall be in the supply and demand balance - by Further, he stressed that Qatar was than $126mn, with the UN entities, measures. law fi rms commissioned by the com- studied and decided upon separately, increasing domestic production and ex- able to immediately secure its require- humanitarian organisations besides Doha’s National Human Rights Com- mittee to handle the claims, al-Marri taking into account its specifi cs in terms panding import channels from abroad.

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