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TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2015 • 7 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6589 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM with ITC official Qatar condemns Govt to liberalise continued Israeli violence DOHA: Qatar renewed its strong postal system condemnation and denunciation of continued Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people as well as to the killings and violations practiced Private companies to enter market by the Israeli occupation forces, which led to the death of dozens By Sachin Kumar merce market is poised to grow in the including women and children and future. wounded nearly 2,000 people since DOHA: The government is planning to According to ‘Qatar National e-Com- the beginning of this month. take several measures, including open- merce Roadmap 2015’ report released In a statement the Foreign ing up the postal service for competi- yesterday at the forum, Qatar’s B2C Ministry reiterated Qatar’s tion, to boost e-commerce market. H (Business-to-Customer) Market, cur- Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with condemnation of the continued E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, Minister rently estimated to be around $1bn, is International Trade Center (ITC) Executive Director Arancha Gonzalez in Doha yesterday. Israeli violations, including the of Information and Communications expected to grow at a compound annual storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by a Technology, said yesterday that the growth rate (CAGR) of 17 percent over group of settlers yesterday morn- government has put a policy in place to the next five years. ing, calling on the international liberalise the postal delivery. The B2B (Business-to-Business) community to shoulder their “We are opening up the postal serv- market, currently pegged at $1.3bn is Cuba keen to open more responsibilities to provide pro- ices market to competition. The gov- expected to grow at a CAGR of 10 per- tection to the Palestinian people ernment has put a policy in place to cent, a rate higher than global average. and sanctities, particularly the liberalise the postal delivery and also “We found that a number of inhibi- Al Aqsa Mosque, stressing on making suitable amendments to the tors are impeding the development of a speciality clinics in Qatar the special status of Jerusalem for Postal Law,” said the minister address- robust e-commerce ecosystem in Qatar. Muslims and all divine religions. ing Qatar’s e-Commerce Forum held at We are working to overcome some of Meanwhile, Qatar has wel- By Fazeena Saleem Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. those inhibitors,” said Dr Al Jaber. at Cuban Hospital, a mem- independent physiotherapy comed the acceptance of the Opening up the postal service, where The minister added that the biggest ber of Hamad Medical Cor- centres.” Yemeni government and the other Q-Post is the sole player currently, would challenge for most e-commerce busi- DOHA: Cuba is keen to poration (HMC), as doctors, Cuba, known the world sides to engage in UN-brokered likely allow other private companies to nesses is to collect, store and organise expand its healthcare serv- nurses, technicians and other over for its healthcare sys- negotiations. In a statement, the enter Qatar’s logistic market. data from multiple data sources. ices in Qatar, especially by specialists. tem and medical profession- Foreign Ministry hailed the stance Other measures to encourage e-com- “There is certainly a lot of data wait- opening some speciality clin- “At the moment we are als, signed an agreement of Yemeni President Abdrabuh merce sector include enforcing e-trans- ing to be analysed and it is a daunting ics and provide more doctors focused on Qatar’s medical with Qatar in 2008 to provide Mansur Hadi to work peacefully actions law and empowering merchants, task for some e-commerce businesses to for the country’s medical and pharmaceutical sector. health services. and resume political consulta- consumers, start-ups and e-commerce make sense of it all,” she said. sector, says Cuban Ambas- Our desire and interest is Plesencia said the scope of tions. The ministry pointed to the service providers. “Big Data paves the way for more sador Ernesto D Plesencia. to expand healthcare serv- the agreement is very wide. announcement of the other sides to “We are enforcing e-transactions law organised data and enables business Discussions are being held ices, basically because of the It is still in place and maybe agree to implement Security Coun- by issuing the suitable set of policies owners or marketing managers to track between Cuban officials and wellbeing of the hospital in it’s time to improve it. cil resolution 2,216 and complete and guidelines that will be developed by and better understand a variety of infor- Qatari health authorities on Dukhan, one of the best with To a question whether Cuba the implementation of the articles stakeholders coming together as joint mation from many different sources”. the opening of physiotherapy a very high rate of accept- is interested in working with of the Gulf Initiative, its executive working groups,” she said. Q-Post Chairman and Managing clinics and providing doctors ance,” he said. private hospitals and clinics, mechanism and the outputs of the “We are implementing the Qbuy Director Faleh Mohammed Al Naemi to the Primary Health Care “We are working to he said his country’s prime national dialogue, considering it Programme as an information hub to gave an overview of success of Qatar’s Corporation (PHCC), he told address the need of doctors focus is addressing the needs a major step towards ending the empower merchants, consumers, start- modernised delivery system. The Peninsula. in Qatar, not only of HMC of state- owned facilities. crisis and achieving security and ups and e-commerce service providers Continued on page 2 A very small Cuban com- but also in the future to pro- Continued on page 4 stability for Yemen and its people. in Qatar,” she added. munity lives in Qatar and vide doctors to PHCC. We Dr Al Jaber said that Qatar’s e-com- THE PENINSULA 450 members are employed have been also talking on THE PENINSULA QNA QIIB opens branch in Ezdan Mall Qatar urges Rebels get more arms for Aleppo battle Libyan parties BEIRUT/AMMAN: Rebels the supplies were inadequate for groups such as the Nusra Front battling the Syrian army and its the scale of the assault, one of sev- and Islamic State. to approve allies near Aleppo said yesterday eral ground offensives underway “We received more supplies of they had received new supplies with Russian air support. ammunition in greater quanti- of US-made anti-tank missiles “A few (TOW missiles) will not ties than before, including mor- political deal from states opposed to President do the trick. They need dozens,” tar bombs, rocket launchers and Bashar Al Assad since the start said one official, declining to be anti-tank (missiles),” said Issa DOHA: A group of Arab, Islamic of a major government offensive named due to the political sensi- Al Turkmani, a commander in and Western countries, including last week. tivity of the military support pro- the FSA-affiliated Sultan Murad Qatar, urged all Libyan parties The rebels from three groups gramme. A number of rebel groups group fighting in the Aleppo to approve the political agree- said new supplies had arrived vetted by states opposed to Assad area. “We have received more ment brokered by the UN Special in response to the attack by the have been supplied with weapons new TOWs in the last few days ... Representative of the Secretary- army, which is backed up by Rus- via Turkey, part of a programme We are well-stocked after these General to put an end to the sian air strikes and on the ground supported by the United States and deliveries.” instability that experienced by by Iranian fighters and Lebanon’s which has in some cases included TOW missiles are the most the country. Hezbollah. military training by the Central potent weapon in the rebels’ arse- In an open letter to Libyan par- The delivery of the US-made Intelligence Agency. nal. FSA-affiliated groups have ties, 12 Foreign Ministers along TOW missiles to rebels in Aleppo These groups fight under the also been using TOWs against with High Representative of the and elsewhere in Syria appears banner of the “Free Syrian Army” government forces to fend off European Union for Foreign Affairs to be an initial response to the — a loose affiliation of rebels that another offensive in Hama prov- and Security Policy affirmed the new Russian-Iranian interven- do not operate with a centralised ince, southwest of Aleppo. Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) Chairman and Managing Director international community’s willing- tion. But officials from one of the command structure and have Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdulla Al Thani (centre), with other offi- ness to provide more support for Aleppo-based rebel groups said been widely eclipsed by jihadist REUTERS the Libyan leaders who are chosen cials, cutting a ribbon to mark the opening of the bank’s branch at Ezdan by the Libyan people. Mall yesterday. Report on page 4 KAMMUTTY VP Foreign Ministers of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, IPC Athletics Championships Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, the United States, the United King- dom, France, Germany, Italy, UK extremism combat plans slammed Spain and the High Representa- tive of the European Union for LONDON: British Prime Min- don’t just threaten our security, TV and radio channels airing Foreign Affairs and Security Pol- ister David Cameron unveiled a they jeopardise all that we’ve extremist material.