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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 25 SPORT | 40 QIIB expects Stellar line-up Morocco JV set for IDL approval by Q3 Doha 2016 WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH 2016 • 21 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6751 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir receives message from Emir inaugurates fifth Dimdex Niger President been witnessing an increase in the number of exhibitors and DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Qatar and France participants. bin Hamad Al Thani received a strike deal worth This year, the coveted event written message from the Pres- witnessed a significant rise in the ident of Niger, Mahamadou €6.7bn (over number of exhibitors and par- Issoufou, dealing with bilateral QR27.53bn) for 24 ticipating countries, which has relations and ways of enhancing Rafale fighter jets. reached over 58, and it covers them. Foreign Minister’s Assist- a larger area — 25, 000 square ant for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan metres. bin Saad Al Muraikhi received the After the Navy chief’s speech message during a meeting yester- By Sidi Mohamed a documentary film showing the day with Niger’s Ambassador to The Peninsula latest equipment and technolog- Qatar Mubarak Hassan Boubacar. ical developments in the field of maritime defence was screened. Following this, the Emir toured the Ministry forces car DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim exhibition where he was briefed bin Hamad Al Thani opened the 5th about some of the latest technol- dealer to replace edition of the Doha International ogies and equipment from the Maritime Defence Exhibition and maritime field on display. Conference (Dimdex 2016), at the The exhibition covers a wide defective vehicle Qatar National Convention Center range of maritime defence sectors, (QNCC) here yesterday. including anti-piracy equipment, The inaugural ceremony was diving and underwater operations By Mobin Pandit attended by Defence Ministers and vehicles; maritime domain The Peninsula and Chiefs of Staff from several awareness and technology and countries, as well as a number of naval aviation. On the sidelines of ambassadors accredited to the the exhibition, which will continue DOHA: In yet another consumer- state, members of the Qatari Armed until tomorrow, Qatar and France friendly move, the Ministry of Forces and other dignitaries and struck a deal worth €6.7bn (a lit- Economy and Commerce forced a guests. tle over QR27.53bn) for 24 Rafale car dealer to provide a new vehicle In his speech on the occasion, fighter jets. to a customer in place of a defec- Qatar Emiri Naval Staff Chief, On behalf of Qatar, H E Dr tive one. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the 5th Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Major-General (sea), Mohamed bin Khalid bin Mohamed Al Atti- The service centre of the Conference (Dimdex 2016) at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha yesterday. Nasser Al Mohannadi, said Dim- yah, Minister of State for Defence dealer failed to repair recurring dex reflects Qatar’s position as a Affairs, signed the agreement, faults in the car following which regional hub for business, indus- while the French Defence Min- statement that the drone production would see a Qatari drone in Doha skies. latest and modern techniques in the the Ministry intervened, and com- try and modern technology, reports ister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, put project, carried by Qatar in collab- “The development of the Qatari Armed military field,” said Al Attiyah. pelled it to replace the car. QNA. his signature on behalf of his oration with Germany, had reached Forces will not stop, and Dimdex is an The Ministry said in a state- Over the years, Dimdex has country. Al Attiyah said in a press advanced stage, and by next year one opportunity to get acquainted with the → Continued on page 2 ment yesterday that it received complaints from several vehicle owners regarding manufacturing defects. Following this, the Ministry deputed its inspectors to verify if EgyptAir drama ends after hijacker surrenders the complaints were genuine by making investigations. And later, a car dealer was AFP released after it had landed but said he has children. Cypriot woman, Anastasiades laughed the diversion. Egyptian civil aviation notified about the need to replace some escaped only minutes before She was brought to the airport and said: “Always there is a woman.” officials said there were 21 foreigners a defective car with a new one the hijacker surrendered, including and spoke to the man, Kasoulides After searching the hijacker and among the passengers and that the in accordance with Article 10 of LARNACA: An Egyptian man who one man who climbed out a cockpit said, without providing further sending sniffer dogs into the plane, hijacker had demanded the plane land the Consumer Protection law (no hijacked an EgyptAir passen- window. details. Cypriot police said no bombs had in either Turkey or Cyprus. 8 of 2008). The law, the Ministry ger plane and forced it to divert to “From the beginning it was deter- He also delivered a rambling let- been found. Officials had said seven peo- said, stipulates that consumers Cyprus demanding to see his ex- mined that this was not a case of ter in Arabic to authorities making Kasoulides said the man had also ple, including three passengers, had are entitled to choose whether to wife surrendered yesterday after terrorism,” Foreign Minister Ioannis a number of demands, including to threatened to blow himself up if the remained on board until shortly get repaired, return or exchange a six-hour airport standoff ended Kasoulides told reporters, adding meet with a European Union rep- plane was not refuelled and allowed before the man surrendered. defective products. The move peacefully. that the man was “psychologically resentative and for the release of to depart for Istanbul. Kasoulides said the last two passen- comes as part of the Ministry’s The hijacker, described by offi- unstable”. women prisoners in Egypt. “We examined the alleged explo- gers on the plane had been British. efforts to protect consumers and cials as “unstable”, had claimed to be The Egyptian Interior Minis- “There was no logical consist- sives that were found on him. They The remaining passengers and ensure car dealers follow up on wearing a bomb belt but no explo- try identified the man as Seif Al Din ency for the demands to be taken were not explosives but phone covers crew were later seen exiting the air- vehicle defects and repairs. sives were discovered after he gave Mohamed Mostafa. A police official seriously,” Kasoulides said. made up to give the impression they craft, with several descending the The Ministry reiterated that it himself up at Larnaca airport and said he was 58 and had previously Cyprus President Nicos Anasta- were explosives,” he said. steps from the plane and one clam- will continue with its crackdowns was arrested. served time in prison. siades had earlier told reporters “the The EgyptAir plane landed in Lar- bering out of a cockpit window and in the market to check violations Most of the 55 passengers on the Kasoulides said the man hijacking is not terrorism-related”. naca at 8.50am (0550 GMT), after the dropping to the ground. of the provisions of the above law plane — originally travelling from demanded to deliver a letter to his Asked about reports that the hijacker had contacted the control and intensify its inspection drives Alexandria to Cairo — were quickly Cypriot ex-wife, with whom officials hijacker had demanded to see a tower 20 minutes earlier to demand → See also page 11 to combat fraud. The Ministry said it will refer violators to competent authorities for action to protect consumers’ Al Rayyan win Qatar Cup HMC clinics for rights. Article of Mevlüt the elderly soon Çavuşoğlu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, regarding the By Fazeena Saleem patients including osteoporosis and World Humanitarian The Peninsula parkinson’s,” Dr Hanadi Al Hamad, Summit which will be Acting Chair of Elderly Geriatrics at organised on May 23-24, HMC told this newspaper. DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation The Geriatrics Department at 2016 in Istanbul. →Page 12 (HMC) is preparing to open several HMC operates across multiple sites new outpatient clinics for health and hospitals and the range of serv- conditions which affect old people, ices and specialties is broad and as part of expanding services at its inclusive, she added. Geriatrics Department, says a sen- “We are providing new and ior official. At present, the Geriatrics innovative services like a memory Department at HMC has eight differ- clinic and a falls prevention clinic. SPECIAL SUPPLLEMENT WEDNESDAYW 30 MARCH 2016 ent outpatient clinics and the new The memory clinic is the only one in ones will treat osteoporosis and par- the region and we are seeing great evving up sales to younger luxur kinson’s disease. demand for its innovative approach,” “We are always looking at ways she added. The Geriatrics depart- Today’s edition to improve the lives of our patients. ment also provides HMC’s Home As we do across the board at HMC, Health Care Services which enable includes an 8-page Al Rayyan basketball players and team officials celebrate winning the Qatar Cup at Al Gharafa Indoor we are looking to add services and more than 1000 patients to be vis- special supplement on clinics in areas of need. We are ited in their homes. Hall. Al Rayyan beat Al Gharafa in the final. Pic: Hussein Sayed → More pictures and story on page 33 preparing to open new clinics for a Automobiles. range of conditions that affect our → Continued on page 2 02 WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH 2016 HOME Dimdex ‘chance to enhance our defence with partners’ Continued from page 1 defence, and this is one of the reasons behind the huge success of Dimdex An exhibition like Dimdex provides and its advancement over the years.