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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 27 Doha Exhibition Oil ministers Barcelona, and Convention to meet in Sydney Centre to open Doha amid University in in November. price slide. semi-finals. TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 24 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6547 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives Lebanese politician No change in Qatar sends stance on Syria, says Moscow MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Ministry yesterday denounced as 1,000 troops “falsifications and fabrications” media reports it was changing its stance on the war in Syria or on the future of President Bashar Al Assad, whom it has shielded throughout the conflict. to Yemen “We don’t appoint or dismiss foreign presidents, neither on our own or in cahoots with anyone Fresh offensive to retake Sana’a else,” the ministry said in a state- ment. Ministry representatives SANA’A: Qatar has sent 1,000 Saudis and Emiratis. also declined immediate comment ground troops to Yemen, Al Saudi Warplanes renewed on a US request to Athens to close Jazeera television said, ahead strikes on Houthi targets across Greek airspace for Russian supply of a planned offensive against Yemen and Houthi-run media said flights to Syria. Iranian-backed Houthis holding the raids killed at least 12 people, Nor have Russian officials con- the capital Sana’a. including women and children, in firmed recent media reports of Qatari pilots had already the central province of Ibb. Moscow increasing its military joined months of Saudi-led air Al Jazeera’s English website assistance to Assad, saying only that strikes on the Houthi militia, said 1,000 Qatari soldiers, backed it has long been supplying Damascus which seized Sana’a a year ago by 200 armoured vehicles and with arms and training to help it and then advanced across much 30 US-made Apache helicopters fight Islamist radicals, and will of the country, forcing President had been deployed. But the for- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with leader of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea at Al Bahr continue to do so. REUTERS Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi into exile eign ministry made no immediate Palace yesterday. in March. comment. Military sources told Reuters A defence source said the that Qatari troops were on their number of Qatari troops was way to Yemen and preparing to less than 1,000. “They are as of join a new push on Houthi posi- now not deployed in Yemen but tions in Sana’a. They said the in Saudi Arabia to protect the Ministers to discuss joint kafala system forces had not yet entered the border,” he added. The Saudi- Arabian Peninsula country. owned Al Hayat newspaper said DOHA: An extensive report by the GCC working to have a joint look at the kafala sys- will also be tabled at today’s meeting of the But a regional Yemeni official yesterday that Saudi Arabia had Secretariat on expatriate workforce in tems in member-countries as well. GCC Labour Ministers’ Council, said the in oil-producing Marib province also sent “huge reinforcements” member-countries, that may possibly be Dr Adil bin Khalifa Al Zayani, head of official. east of Sana’a said the Qatari con- of elite forces, along with Qatari including recommendations about some human and environment unit of the GCC Mohamed Ali Al Meer, head of public rela- tingent had already “crossed the troops, to Marib. reforms to the regional kafala systems, Secretariat-General, told QNA that at their tions at Qatar’s Ministry of Labour and Social Al Wadia border post” between “Final preparations are being is to be tabled at the meeting of Labour two-day meeting concluded here yesterday Affairs, said that the GCC states were mak- Saudi Arabia and Yemen and was made for a decisive battle, before Ministers being held here today. in preparation for today’s ministerial council ing all-out efforts to have common rules and heading to Marib — where Hadi moving on to liberate Sanaa,” Al One thing which is confirmed is that meeting, undersecretaries from the labour systems for social and labour issues. loyalists have been preparing for Hayat said. Jean-Marc Rickli, the above-cited report does have recom- ministries of the GCC states agreed that These issues include providing more jobs the thrust towards Sanaa. a professor at King’s College mendations about having in place a com- they will work jointly to have unified labour to GCC women and having a unified policy on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya satel- London who is teaching at Qatar mon GCC system for expatriate workers’ rules, systems, including recruitment pro- recruiting foreign workers. lite network also said Qatari and National Defence College, said it recruitment. cedures, as also look jointly at their kafala He pooh-poohed global human rights organ- Saudi reinforcements had crossed was Qatar’s first deployment of The report was prepared after a workshop systems for making possible changes. isations for making false accusations of labour the frontier. ground forces in Yemen. was held by the GCC Secretariat-General on Proposed changes to the kafala systems, if and women’s rights abuses and said the GCC The first reported involvement “This force will probably take the issue of expatriate workers in the region at all, will be studied in phases, said Al Zayani. states were moving in the right direction to of Qatari ground forces in Yemen part in the overall war effort to and their condition and recommendations “The decision to have a common strategy have common systems in place. coincided with an intensification retake the capital after the coali- made thereon on how to introduce some of the GCC states on the above issues had Having more and more women in jobs, both of the conflict a few days after tion successfully recaptured Aden needed reforms. been taken earlier by the supreme leaders,” in the state and private sectors, is one of the a rocket strike in Marib that last month,” he added. A senior GCC official yesterday hinted in he said. priorities of the GCC states. killed dozens of soldiers including REUTERS remarks to QNA that the GCC states are A reports on creating jobs for GCC nationals THE PENINSULA Smart cameras Refugee crisis Qatar not to scale back spills to Denmark COPENHAGEN: Europe’s ref- ugee crisis spilled into Denmark projects or cut subsidies yesterday as some 800 peo- ple entered the country from DOHA: Qatar will not scale Doha would run a state budget World Cup. Construction indus- Germany and tried to head to back economic development deficit of only 0.7 percent of gross try sources say some projects have Sweden while politicians argued projects or cut state subsidies domestic product this year, the been delayed or suspended in the about Copenhagen’s immigra- for fuel and food in response to region’s smallest deficit. past year, partly to avoid waste tion policies. low oil and natural gas prices, “Our budget is still not that far and ensure quality. But Emadi Prime Minister Lars Lokke because government finances in terms of deficit,” Emadi said said there would be no cancella- Rasmussen told journalists after remain strong, the finance min- at a financial conference, adding tions to save money. an emergency meeting of politi- ister said yesterday. that state finances would break “We’re not going to scale back. cal party leaders that most of the The comments by H E Ali even with an average oil price of Most of our projects are already 800-1,000 refugees who had come Sherif Al Emadi set Qatar apart $65 a barrel. Brent crude is cur- at the execution stage so we’re to Denmark since Saturday would from other Gulf Arab oil export- rently around $49. going to continue with those - not seek asylum in the country. ing states; the other five members “I still think the financial situ- we’ve already put a public plan of Rasmussen, head of a new of the Gulf Cooperation Council ation is very healthy and I don’t what we’re actually going to do for minority government dependent have begun to curb spending or think we’ll take any extra meas- the next 10 years,” he said. on support from a right-wing review costly consumer subsidies ures for these things,” he said “Whatever we decide, we’re party, said border controls were because of the plunge of energy when asked whether subsidy cuts going to be more effective and effi- no solution, criticised European prices since last year. were possible. cient. We’re always going to make Union states for not following Qatar, the world’s top lique- Qatari officials have announced sure that we’re getting value for rules on asylum seekers and said fied natural gas exporter, is in plans to spend around $200bn on our money when it comes to these refugees who had entered over the strongest financial position. infrastructure projects over the projects.” He added, “It’s going be the weekend must register in the A Reuters poll of economists last next decade or so, many related to for us business as usual in terms country. The prime minister said month found them predicting Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 soccer of these projects.” REUTERS the refugees should seek shel- ter for the night and wait until Danish police coordinated their transfer to Sweden with Swedish authorities. “We hopefully can reach a situ- Cameron suffers defeat on EU referendum rules ation where people who want to seek asylum in Sweden can do LONDON: British Prime faces to keep eurosceptics in his on purdah, under which minis- that,” he told journalists.

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