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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 18 SPORT | 22 Chinese firm’s bid Bolt wins for robot maker 100m at Ostrava poses dilemma in 9.98sec SATURDAY 21 MAY 2016 • 14 SHA’BAAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6803 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir hands trophy to Lekhwiya Indian PM Modi Doha Forum arrives in Qatar on June 4 By Sanaullah Ataullah starts today The Peninsula General Assembly, Argentina’s For- eign Minister Susana Malcorra and DOHA: Prime Minister of India Emir H H Sheikh Nassir bin Abdulaziz Al Nasser the Narendra Modi is arriving in Qatar on Tamim bin Hamad UN High Representative for the Alli- a two-day official visit starting from ance of Civilizations, among others. June 4 at the invitation of the Emir Al Thani will patronise The second plenary session will H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al the opening of the be under the theme “The Middle East: Thani. During the visit, the Prime 16th Doha Forum. Towards more stability and prosper- Minister and the Emir will hold ity” and will see the participation of discussions on bilateral, regional Nikolay Mladenov, UN special Coor- and multilateral issues of mutual dinator for the Middle East Peace interest. process; Dr. Saeb Erakat, Chief Pales- This is the highest-level visit The Peninsula tinian Negotiator, and Anas Al Abdah, from India to Qatar since the visit President of the National Coalition of the then Prime Minister Dr for Syrian Revolutionary and Oppo- Manmohan Singh in 2008, said sition Forces. a report posted on the website of DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin The forum will also discuss eco- the Embassy of India. Hamad Al Thani will patronise the nomic issues in a session titled “The This will be third visit of Modi opening of the 16th Doha Forum at Global Economy: where to?” H E after assuming premiership to GCC the Sheraton Doha Hotel this evening, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, countries followed by United Arab which is being held under the title Danilo Turk, Candidate for Secre- Emirates (UAE) in August last year “Stability and Prosperity for All.” tary General of United Nations and and Saudi Arabia last month. The Forum is organised by the Former President of Slovenia, and “The detailed schedule of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collab- Carolyn Maloney, member of the US visit will be announced soon”, oration with local and international Congress, are among the speakers. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani handing the trophy to Lekhwiya players after the team Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora research and study centres. Presidents, The forum will also include won the Emir Cup Final at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Lekhwiya won 4-2 on told The Peninsula on telephone international personalities, business- a number of specialised sessions penalties after the game ended in a 2-2 draw. → Report on page 21 yesterday. There has been regu- men and academics are participating including “Global security: Current lar exchange of high-level bilateral in the forum, in which 58 experts will reality and challenge,” “Gulf Secu- visits in the recent past. The Emir speak on different issues like econ- rity: Dialogue instead conflict,” and had visited India in March 2015. The omy, energy, security and defence. “Achievement of the international Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin A number of politicians and experts, agenda for sustainable development Secret service shoots man near White House Khalifa Al Thani had visited India in including Qatar’s Minister of Econ- in light of the current situation of the 1999, 2005 and 2012. omy and Commerce H E Sheikh global economy.” India’s historical and close Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani and Bah- The Fourth Plenary session will be Reuters nesses said. The Secret Service, which silver-coloured gun pointed at relations with Qatar are marked rain’s Foreign Minister Khaled bin on energy under the theme “The global protects the president, briefly locked the ground, said Brett Polivka, a by mutually beneficial commercial Ahmed Al Khalifa are participating status quo: Challenges and opportu- down the White House as a precau- 26-year-old visitor from Texas who exchanges and extensive people to in the three-day forum. nities. Among the speakers in this tion, and Vice President Joe Biden was was standing near the south side of people contacts. Qatar is an impor- The first plenary session under session are Antonio Isa Conde, Minis- WASHINGTON: Law enforcement secured within the White House com- the White House. “A couple officers tant trading partner for India in the the theme “International and ter of Energy and Mines in Dominican officers shot a man who brandished a plex during the lockdown, a White drew their guns, went right at him Gulf region with bilateral trade in regional status quo and the means Republic, Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim, Eco- gun near the White House while Pres- House spokeswoman said. and within two or three seconds 2014-15 exceeding $15bn. It is the to meet the challenges” will feature nomic Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and ident Barack Obama was out golfing, A man who looked to be in we heard a gunshot,” Polivka said. largest supplier of LNG require- Mogens Lykketoft, president of the David Jalagania, Deputy Minister of and the man was taken to hospital in his mid-20s walked to the gate One person in critical condition was ments, accounting for 65% of 70th session of the United Nations foreign Affairs in Georgia. critical condition, officials and wit- of the White House holding a transported to hospital. India’s total imports in 2015-16. US rejects Navy discovers debris Russia proposal for joint air of EgyptAir Jet strikes in Syria Bloomberg disappearance, including a delib- erate act or malfunction, though AFP Egyptian Minister of Aviation Sherif Fathy said the possibility of a terrorist CAIRO: Egyptian authorities said attack is higher than a technical fail- they discovered debris, body parts ure. Flying at cruising altitude through WASHINGTON: The United States and personal belongings from pas- clear skies, the Airbus jet made sud- yesterday rejected a Russian pro- sengers of the doomed EgyptAir den movements before swooping into posal to launch joint air strikes plane that crashed in the Mediterra- a steep descent and losing contact with against militants from next week in nean Sea, all but quashing any hope air-traffic control, according to Greek Syria, but said the two sides were of survivors among the 66 people radar reports. discussing ways to better monitor on board. Pilots sent no emergency signal, a shaky truce. The search by Egyptian forces and their final contact with control- “We do not collaborate or and supporting countries remains lers revealed no signs of distress. The Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs react to Turkey’s ruling AK Party at the coordinate with the Russians on in progress, the airline said in a lack of communication points to a any operations in Syria,” Pen- parliament in Ankara, yesterday. statement. Among other pieces dis- “brutal” event, said Jean-Paul Troa- tagon spokesman Navy Captain covered were luggage and aircraft dec, the former head of France’s BEA Jeff Davis told reporters, explain- seats. No reference was made to air-safety authority. ing that Washington and Moscow the search for the cockpit-voice and “Normally if there’s a technical have separate military objectives. Turkey lifts immunity for MPs flight-data recorders, which could problem with engines, or a problem “Russian operations are sup- offer valuable clues about what of pressurization, or something else, porting and enabling the Assad downed the Airbus A320 on its flight there are tools that let a pilot warn regime and our focus is solely on AFP lawmakers have the right to full group by Ankara and its Western from Paris to Cairo. he’s got a problem,” Troadec said degrading and defeating ISIL,” immunity from prosecution. allies. Following the collapse of a Salvage teams from Greece and Friday in an interview on French Davis said, referring to the Islamic The bill -- which still needs two-year ceasefire in summer 2015, Egypt have been joined by French radio Europe1. “Nothing of the sort State group. Earlier yesterday, President Recep Tayyip Erdog- Turkey has been waging an intensive investigators to find more debris as happened.” Russian Defence Minister Sergei ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament yes- an’s approval before becoming law offensive against its militants and the authorities seek to piece together Salvage crews will focus on Shoigu suggested the two coun- terday adopted a highly controversial — would lift the immunity of 138 renewed conflict has claimed hun- what happened to the Airbus sin- retrieving the flight and data record- tries launch joint strikes against bill that would lift immunity for doz- deputies from all parties who face dreds of lives. gle-aisle jet. ers, so-called black boxes that Jabhat al-Nusra and other illegal ens of pro-Kurdish and other MPs potential prosecution. The pro-Kurd- In a speech that came as par- The flight lost contact in the mid- store key flight metrics and voices armed groups that do not support and could see them evicted from par- ish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) liament was voting on the measure, dle of the night in the wider area of and sounds from the cockpit that a frail truce brokered by Moscow liament, sparking fresh domestic and says the bill is aimed at expelling its Erdogan lauded the bill as “historic”. the Strabo trench in the so-called can help investigators pinpoint the and Washington in February. international concern.

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