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3rd Best News Website in the Middle East BUSINESS | 18 SPORT | 24 Ooredoo initiative Marquez claims helps boost Qatar’s pole ahead of businesses Ducati duo Sunday 13 August 2017 | 21 Dhul-Qa’Da 1438 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Volume 22 | Number 7252 | 2 Riyals Siege: NHRC receives PM visits BACS centre for Doha Metro stations 3,269 complaints this year and the quota strength complaints from Haj operating The committee has is only 2,400. The deadline for companies that are facing hard- urged the Saudi people travelling by road for Haj ships in running their business. is August 21, and for those fly- The committee has urged Islamic authorities to lift all ing is August 26, but Saudis scholars and related entities to restrictions, open remain adamant on not lifting persuade Saudi authorities end direct flights to the restrictions. measures taken against pilgrims Jeddah and open the The committee has urged from Qatar. the Saudi authorities to lift all NHRC recently noted that land route. restrictions, open direct flights Saudis have scaled back some to Jeddah and open the land measures taken against their route instead of insisting on citizens living in Qatar, which Mohammed Osman forcing pilgrims from Qatar to is a positive development, Al The Peninsula travel through a third country Marri said. They allowed Saudi which is hard for the elderly and students studying in Qatar to atar National Human low-income pilgrims, specially continue their education, as Right Committee expatriates, said Al Marri, speak- well as let Saudi businessmen (QNHRC) has ing at press meet at the NHRC with permanent residency in received over 3,000 headquarters. Qatar stay and run their Qcomplaints of human If these restrictions, which business. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al rights violations since the cur- include stopping companies from In another positive develop- Thani visiting the Building Automation & Control System (BACS) centre for Doha Metro rent siege of Qatar. The rights giving accommodation, food and ment, the Saudis have allowed stations. The system was recently assembled at one of the Doha Metro project sites. body said yesterday it had transportation in Saudi Arabia to Qatari students to enter Saudi The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister of Transport and Communications, received a total of 3,269 com- Qataris, are not withdrawn the but UAE and Bahrain continue H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, and Qatar Rail Managing Director and Chief Executive plaints since the blockade was committee will keep seeking to stonewall them despite a Officer Eng Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie. → See also page 2 imposed on June 5. support of international human majority of the students being Only around ten or so days rights organisations to protect in UAE universities, said Al are left for the annual Islamic the religious rights of the citizens Marri. Saudi said it will allow pilgrimage to Makkah (Haj) and and to end exploitation of Haj for their entry through border restrictions imposed by Saudi political goals, he added. checkpoints but no details were authorities have still not been Propaganda against Qataris, given about implementing the lifted, said Dr Ali bin Sumaikh especially that linking them with decision, leaving it to whims of Al Marri, Chairman of NHRC. terrorism, is endangering their border officials. Qatari and Turkish firms A total of 21,255 people have safety, he said, adding that so far applied to perform Haj NHRC had received many → Continued on page 5 sign 15 agreements The Swiss Organization for the Protection The Peninsula for further cooperation in vari- Trade cooperation ous fields of trade and industry. of Human Rights, in a statement released atari and Turkish firms Fifteen agreements The QC Director General yesterday, slammed the Saudi plan to recently signed agree- focus on was accompanied by a number impose contstraints on Qatari citizens trying Qments in sectors as varied pharmaceuticals, of Qatari businessmen, who held as pharmaceuticals and ship- foodstuff, meetings with a number of ping, in another step at boosting Turkish businessmen in Istan- to travel to the kingdom to perform Haj. construction, building trade and economic ties among bul on August 6. They discussed materials, shipping, the close allies. ways of enhancing cooperation Fifteen agreements were logistics, plastic, between the two sides in the E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz A former Afghan mujahideen fighter entered into during the recent aluminum, glass, fields of foodstuff, juices, con- HAl Kawari, Cultural says Saudi was interested in hosting a visit of a Qatari trade delegation technology, furniture struction and electricity. Adviser at the Emiri Diwan Taliban office, the Middle East Eye reports. to the Turkish cities of Izmir and and air conditioning. Ibrahim Shakler, Chairman and Qatar’s candidate for Istanbul from August 3 to 6, of the Istanbul Chamber, met Al Director-General of Unesco, Abdullah Anas says he made multiple visits Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi, plastic, aluminum, glass, tech- Sharqi in the presence of the has said that if he was elected to Saudi Arabia between 2006 and 2008 Director General of Qatar Cham- nology, furniture and air members of the Board of Direc- for the post he would revive ber (QC), said yesterday. conditioning. tors of the Istanbul Chamber, the body by introducing it to and met senior officials, including the-then Al Sharqi added that the He added that the remarka- and the Vice-President of the the world. Read full interview. head of intelligence, Prince Muqrin, to help agreements focused on cooper- bly successful visit strengthened Turkish Exporters Association ation in pharmaceuticals, cooperation between business- and the Qatari businessmen. PAGE 5 establish a Taliban office. foodstuff, construction, build- men of the two countries, during ing materials, shipping, logistics, which he laid the groundwork → Continued on page 2 Qatar-Turkey trade route via Iran to cut transportation cost Mohammad Shoeb Al Ahbabi, also the Head of announced plans to use a land in about 22 hours, while the dis- Development Co, the parent into play, which will help further The Peninsula Trade and Research Committee route through Iran to export tance between the Iranian port company of Qatar Meat, told The reduce the transportation cost.” at QC, who recently headed a goods to Qatar. of Bushehr and Qatar’s Hamad Peninsula over phone, yester- He said that in the coming he newly-announced land 100-member trade delegation The sea route between Tur- Port is 140km, and the Turkish day. He said that some Turkish days even the neighbouring trade route through Tur- to Turkey, added: The cost of air key and Qatar initially took 11 trucks can cross the 140km sea food stuff has already started countries of Turkey and Iran, Tkey, Iran and Qatar is freight is ranging between $1.2 days, while the land route took distance between the two ports coming through the new land such as Russia and Pakistan, can expected to significantly reduce and $1.5 per kg, while the cost of 14 days. And recent experiments on Ro-Ro ships in just 8 hours. route after Turkey and Iran ver- also benefit from the new land the cost of transportation of road transport per kg is approx- have reduced this duration to So a truck with Turkish goods bally agreed on it. But the official route to export their goods to goods. The new trade line will imately $0.15 (15 cents).” nine days. And Turkey aims at can reach to Doha through this announcement is expected to be Qatar. He also said that Iran has lead to a decline of nearly 80 He noted that the new trade reducing the travel time to five route in less than two days. made this week. developed a wide networks of percent in the transportation cost line will be more sustainable and or six days or even less. “Given the nature of some Yet another prominent road and rail lines, which will of food items compared to air reliable, and boost the Turkey- But the newly propounded food items, such as vegetables, Qatari businessman, Ali Hassan help the movement of goods freight charges, say experts. Qatar bilateral trade volume commercial land transport line, fruits, poultry and dairy prod- Al Khalaf, Chairman of Qatar much smoother and faster. Mohammed bin Mahdi Al manifold, given the fact busi- from Turkey’s Mardin city to ucts, land transport is the best Consume, that also runs a chain Ali Hassan noted that unlike Ahbabi, Board Member of Qatar nessmen from both countries Iran’s Bushehr port, will further way to import them. The new of retail outlets, across the coun- the previously-used Saudi land Chamber, said: “The new land have signed scores of trade shorten the duration to two or route will not only bring the cost try, said: “The new land route is route, the Turkey-Iran-Qatar trade line between Turkey and agreements, especially during three days at the most. The dis- of transportation down signifi- going to be more sustainable and route will have lesser number of Qatar via Iran, will reduce the their recent visit to Turkey from tance between Mardin city cantly, but the items that reach economically viable in the days checkpoints, which will ensure cost of transport of goods by August 3-6. (Turkey) and the port of Bush- will be more fresh and of better to come. As more and more the faster movement of trucks. about 80 percent compared to Turkey’s Economy Minister ehr (Iran) is about 1,700km, quality”, Ahmed Al Khalaf, Chair- importers start using the route, air cargo.” Nihat Zeybekci last week which can be traveled by trucks man of International Projects the economies of scale will come → Continued on page 3 02 HOME SUNDAY 13 AUGUST 2017 PM visits BACS centre for Doha Metro stations Qatar Rail relocated the BACS centre from its previous location in Dubai to Doha.