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2Nd Qatar-US Dialogue Underlines Keenness to Enhance Bilateral Ties BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Almoez nets four as Qatar slam Hassad Food boosts six past Qatar drive for North Korea self-suffi ciency in food published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 11063 January 14, 2019 Jumada I 8, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Amir, Pompeo review QATAR | Offi cial $20mn Qatar fund to help African immigrants strategic ties, discuss His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has given directions to establish a fund, eff orts to fi ght terror sponsored by the African Union, for covering the costs of evacuating irregular African immigrants in Libya QNA economy, trade and investment, as well to their countries and reintegrating Doha as joint eff orts in combating terrorism them into their communities. Qatar and extremism. will contribute $20mn to the fund. Pompeo thanked the Amir for the This initiative from His Highness the is Highness the Amir Sheikh eff orts of Qatar in this regard through Amir comes as part of his vision of Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani the eff ective role carried out by the Al supporting the humanitarian and Hyesterday met with US Sec- Udeid Air Base. development work in the African retary of State Mike Pompeo and his The latest regional and interna- Union countries and to alleviate the accompanying delegation at Al Bahr tional developments, in particular diff icult living conditions of these Palace. the Gulf crisis and the situation in immigrants. They reviewed relations and strate- Palestinian, Syria and Afghani- gic co-operation between Qatar and stan, were also discussed during the QATAR | Reaction the US in various fi elds, especially meeting. those related to the results of the sec- The US Secretary od State was in Ministry condemns ond Strategic Dialogue between the Doha to take part in the second Qatar- Mogadishu attack two countries, and means of enhanc- US Strategic Dialogue. Qatar expressed its strong ing partnership in defence, security, He later left Doha. condemnation of the attack that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold talks. took place in Deynile district commissioner residence in the Amir meets Omani foreign minister Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing one person and injuring many. In a statement issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s firm stance rejecting 2nd Qatar-US dialogue violence and terrorism regardless of the motives and causes. EUROPE | Co-operation Turkey-Qatar ties to underlines keenness to deepen, says Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that the existing co-operation with Qatar is continuing enhance bilateral ties strongly in all fields, and praised the great development witnessed by the Turkish-Qatari relations in O MoU signed to support defence activities at Udeid Air Base recent times. Erdogan said Turkey’s co-operation with Qatar will continue O Three agreements signed in the fields of education and culture to strengthen in various sectors O HE Sheikh Mohamed, Pompeo discuss issues related to the region and GCC, including defence, trade, tourism and energy. “We have never forgotten Middle East peace process, reconciliation process in Afghanistan, Syrian crisis and will never forget the solidarity O Qatar is a great friend of United States, says Pompeo shown to our country by our Qatari brothers on nearly all issues - from QNA said in a joint press conference with tegic Dialogue yesterday in the fi elds the July 15 coup attempt to the Doha US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of education and culture, as well as a attacks in August on our exchange that Qatar’s partnership with the US memorandum of understanding on rates,” Erdogan added. is strong and is based on solid founda- supporting defence activities at Al atar and the United States have tions and built on mutual understand- Udeid Air Base. REGION | Diplomacy reiterated the depth and impor- ing and common interests. HE Sheikh Mohamed expressed the Qtance of their strategic bilateral During the press conference, HE the hope that Qatar-US Strategic Dialogue Iran foreign minister relations and their keenness to develop Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of has tangible results, and for the rela- in Baghdad for talks co-operation to wider horizons to serve Foreign Aff airs welcomed the US Secre- tions to see a qualitative leap. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed the mutual benefi ts of both sides. tary of State on his fi rst visit to Doha to He said during his meeting with the Javad Zarif met with his Iraqi They affi rmed the importance of participate in the Strategic Dialogue. US Secretary of State they discussed all counterpart in Baghdad yesterday the second round of Qatar-US Stra- HE Sheikh Mohamed said the Stra- issues of interest to both countries, es- for wide-ranging talks, including tegic Dialogue in Doha, which refl ects tegic Dialogue included seven sessions pecially those related to the region and on US sanctions against Tehran. the historic relations between the two covering the economic, commercial, its security starting with the GCC, the The visit came just days after US countries and contributes to develop- cultural, education, political, defence peace process in the Middle East, the His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday met at his Amiri Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ing co-operation in all fi elds. and sports relations between the two reconciliation process in Afghanistan Diwan off ice with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. During the made a surprise stop on his regional HE the Deputy Prime Minister and countries. and other issues such as the Syrian cri- meeting, they reviewed the brotherly relations between the two countries, and ways tour to urge Iraq to stop relying on Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh He said three agreements were sis and combating terrorism. To Page 2 of supporting and developing them, in addition to addressing a number of issues of Iran for gas and electricity imports. Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani signed in the framework of the Stra- More in Business section common concern, especially those concerning the Gulf aff airs. PSG superstar arrives in Doha Pompeo calls for unity QIA aims to reach $45bn in US of GCC member states investments in 2 years: CEO O US Secretary of State to raise Khashoggi killing with MbS Reuters “Our objective is to balance our Doha portfolio...currently we have a little bit QNA Addressing a joint press conference of concentration in Europe and having Doha with HE the Deputy Prime Minister this allocation toward the US market is and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh atar Investment Authority to balance the portfolio,” he said. Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Tha- (QIA) aims to raise investments In the US, QIA was looking at fun- S Secretary of State Mike ni, he said: “We’re all more powerful Qin the United States to $45bn in damental sectors such as real estate, Pompeo has stressed the im- when we’re working together, when the next two years as it rebalances its technology or US exchanges, he said. Uportance of unity among GCC disputes are limited, and when we portfolio of assets away from Europe, In one such US deal, QIA and hedge members, urging them to leave aside have common challenges in the re- its chief executive said yesterday. fund Elliott Management Corp in De- diff erences to meet the challenges gion and around the world, disputes The sovereign wealth fund has built cember 2017 took Gigamon Inc, the US and achieve common goals. between countries that have a shared up a huge European portfolio through networking software company, private In this context, he stressed the objective are never helpful. They nev- stakes in companies including Deut- for $1.6bn. importance of co-operation among er permit you to have as robust and sche Bank, Credit Suisse, London Stock Mahmoud was speaking as US Sec- the countries of the region and leav- powerful response to common ad- Exchange and Volkswagen. retary of State Mike Pompeo visited ing diff erences aside to achieve the versaries or common challenges as if, QIA currently has about $30bn in- Qatar on a tour of the region. required strength to meet the chal- as you might when countries have a vested in the US, Mansour Ibrahim al- The value of bilateral trade between lenges and achieve common goals. dispute between them. We see this all Mahmoud told reporters on the side- Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 He pointed out that the disputes be- the time. We have lots of places where lines of a conference. years, Qatar’s Minister of Commerce tween the GCC countries “do not al- we’re building out coalitions and “We are talking about $45bn for the and Industry HE Ali bin Ahmed al- low the building of alliances or mak- there are challenges between diff er- US market... we are on track for this Kuwari said at the US-Qatar Strategic Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar arrives at the Al Aziziya Boutique Hotel in ing a strong and fl exible response to ent parts of the coalition. It’s some- over the next two years,” he said. Dialogue conference. He said the US Aspire Zone yesterday as part of the team’s winter camp in Doha. The Qatar-owned deal with common challenges and thing we work through, work around, Mahmoud’s predecessor Sheikh Ab- tops the list of exporters to the country. top French club will be taking part in several activities in Doha over the next four enemies, stressing the importance of and we’re hopeful that the unity of dullah bin Mohamed bin Saud al-Thani Al-Kuwari said bilateral trade vol- days, including a public training session from 5pm tomorrow evening at Khalifa the unity of the GCC states during the the GCC will increase in the days and in 2015 committed to invest $45bn in ume reached $6bn in the period from International Stadium.
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