PM Inaugurates Es'hailsat Teleport
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Halep and Kerber tested before reaching Airbus: Goodbye A380 semis published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 11095 February 15, 2019 Jumada II 10, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Amir honours envoy of Peru Amir arrives in Munich to QATAR | Campaign Ministry urges public attend security conference to stop littering The Ministry of Municipality and QNA A strong strategic partnership be- Environment has called on all citizens Munich tween Qatar and the MSC emerged and residents to stop littering, during the 18th session of Doha Forum. emphasising the importance of In 2011, the fi rst meeting of Munich disposing it of at places specified is Highness the Amir Sheikh Security offi cials was held in Doha, by the State. The Ministry said the Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani where the two sides agreed to work Department of Public Hygiene is Harrived yesterday in the Ger- together more regularly so that the Qa- intensifying operations in Doha, man city of Munich to take part in the tari representation at the conference Rayyan and Shihaniyah to remove 55th edition of the Munich Security becomes at the highest level with the litter adding around 2025 tonnes Conference. participation of the Amir along with were lifted in January. The Amir is accompanied by an of- other leaders. fi cial delegation. Over the course of three days, MSC AMERICA | Confl ict The conference which starts today is will be held under the chairmanship House votes to end US one of the largest and most important of Wolfgang Ischinger and with the international conferences on the global participation of German Chancel- help in Saudi’s Yemen war security and defence policies. lor Angela Merkel, US Vice President The US House voted overwhelmingly Twenty-one heads of state and 75 Mike Pence and a number of heads of on Wednesday to end American foreign and defence ministers partici- governments and international com- involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war pated in the last conference. munity organisations. To Page 2 eff ort in Yemen, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his alliance with Riyadh. The chamber voted 248 to 177 to approve historic legislation that would direct the president within 30 days to “remove United States armed forces from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met the outgoing ambassador of Peru to Qatar, Carlos FM attends Warsaw hostilities in or aff ecting the Republic Velasco Mendiola, at the Al Bahr Palace yesterday. During the meeting, the Amir granted the outgoing ambassador of Yemen.” the Al Wajbah Decoration in recognition of his role in enhancing relations between Qatar and Peru, wishing him success in his future assignments. Page 2 PAKISTAN | Reaction talks on Mideast Islamabad rejects links to attack in Kashmir Agencies peace between Israel and the Palestin- Pakistan said a suicide bomber Warsaw ians. attack in Indian-administered Shaath said the Palestinians had re- Kashmir that killed at least 44 fused to go to the conference. paramilitary police yesterday was E the Deputy Prime Minister “The Warsaw conference is part of a “matter of grave concern,” but it and Foreign Minister Sheikh this context,” he wrote. rejected India blaming the attack PM inaugurates HMohamed bin Abdulrahman “A peace process cannot be turned on Pakistan. “We strongly reject any al-Thani yesterday participated in a into an attempt to obtain amnesty for insinuation by elements in the Indian meeting to support peace in the Mid- war crimes or to make one of the par- government and media circles that dle East being held in the Polish capital ties surrender its basic rights under the seek to link the attack to the State Warsaw. UN charter.” of Pakistan without investigations,” The meeting is discussing issues re- The Palestinians have refused to talk Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Aff airs lated to the war in Syria, the Yemeni to the Trump administration since the said in a statement. Page 10 Es’hailSat teleport confl ict and the peace process between US leader recognised Jerusalem as Is- Palestinians and Israelis. rael’s capital in December 2017. REGION | Mystery E the Prime Minister and In- However, a Palestinian offi cial said The Trump administration has since Khashoggi remains terior Minister Sheikh Ab- in remarks published yesterday that dealt a series of harsh blows to the Pal- ‘may have been burned’ Hdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa the conference jointly organised by estinian Authority, including cutting al-Thani yesterday inaugurated the US President Donald Trump’s admin- hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Turkish police believe the remains Teleport Control Station of Qatar istration lacks credibility as it aims to Palestinians. of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Satellite Company (Es’hailSat) in Al “normalise” the Israeli occupation of The two-day conference is offi cially Khashoggi may have been burned, Ghuwairiya area, north of Doha. Palestinian territory. devoted to security in the Middle East, Turkey’s state-run news agency The ceremony, attended by HE the “By fully siding with the Israeli gov- with a strong emphasis on Iran. Anadolu said yesterday, citing a police Minister of Transport and Communi- ernment, (the Americans) have tried to But Iran’s President Hassan Rou- report. Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi cations Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti, normalise the Israeli occupation and hani dismissed the talks as producing Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Es’hailSat chairperson Dr Hessa Sultan the systematic denial of the Palestin- an “empty result,” after Washington was killed in the Saudi consulate in al-Jaber and a number of other digni- ian right to self-determination,” Na- called on European allies to toughen Istanbul by a team of Saudi operatives taries began with the screening of a bil Shaath, an adviser to Palestinian their policy on Tehran. on October 2. The consulate had documentary fi lm about the company, President Mahmud Abbas, wrote in a “We see what’s happening in War- two wells and a gas and wood floor the Qatar News Agency reported. column published by Israel’s Haaretz saw, it’s an empty result, nothing,” furnace that could reach heat of Es’hailSat CEO Ali bin Ahmed al- newspaper. Rouhani said during a press conference over 1,000 degrees, destroying any Kuwari, in his speech, said the inaugu- But Trump’s son-in-law, Jared in the southern Russian city of Sochi DNA traces, Anadolu said yesterday, ration of the teleport is an important HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Kushner, is expected to off er hints of where he met with Russia and Turkey quoting a report by the Turkish police. step in the company’s plan to provide al-Thani inaugurates the Teleport Control Station of Es’hailSat as HE the Minister of the US administration’s proposals for leaders to discuss Syria. a safe and independent satellite serv- Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti, Es’hailSat AMERICA | Controversy ice to meet all the requirements of its chairperson Dr Hessa Sultan al-Jaber and CEO Ali bin Ahmed al-Kuwari look on. Trump to declare current and future customers. The launch of the teleport will en- ment for Qatar which is steadily trol services, support communications emergency to fund wall able Es’hailSat to provide the best so- progressing in carrying out its stra- and control of satellite capacities, in The White House confirmed lutions to its customers in the region tegic projects in accordance with its addition to a wide range of services on yesterday that President Donald not only technically but also in terms National Vision 2030 and under the broadcasting and encryption which Trump will declare a national of security, especially that Es’hail-1 sound directives of His Highness the are designed specifi cally for the com- emergency in an attempt to bypass and Es’hail-2 satellites were designed Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- pany’s partners and customers. Congress and get more funding for with the latest anti-jamming tech- Thani. The teleport is designed according his Mexico border wall project. Trump nology, al-Kuwari said. He also hailed the eff orts exerted to the latest technologies to provide will also sign off on a congressional The Prime Minister toured the sta- over the past years, which have so far back-up studios for TV channels and bill that would authorise a much tion and was briefed on the advanced resulted in Es’hail-1 and Es’hail-2 sat- serves as a disaster-recovery facil- smaller amount of wall money than equipment and systems that control ellites, the teleport, and the training ity for broadcasters. It also will con- the president had been demanding. the operation of the satellites to en- and qualifi cation of national cadres nect with key media outlets in Qa- “President Trump will sign the sure safe and integrated broadcasting that have proved their capability and tar through fi bre optic technology. government funding bill, and as he services in accordance with the high- effi ciency in this important vital sector. Es’hailSat will broadcast a variety of has stated before, he will also take est quality standards. An area of 50,000sqm has been al- major TV channels such as Al Jazeera other executive action - including a Sheikh Abdullah said the inaugura- located north of Doha for the new tel- and beIN as well Qatar Media Corpo- HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin national emergency, ” spokeswoman tion of the teleport is a new achieve- eport which will provide satellite con- ration’s channels.