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Erdogan Sees Progress in Resolving GCC Crisis BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Hosszu delights home fans INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 Qatar Airways achieves REGION 7 BUSINESS 1–7, 13-16 with 200m 100% compliance with 21,513.44 9,579.16 46.41 ARAB WORLD 7 CLASSIFIED 8-12 -66.63 +79.41 +0.64 INTERNATIONAL 8–17 SPORTS 1–8 safety audit by IATA IM title -0.31% +0.84% +1.40% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10525 July 25, 2017 Dhul-Qa’da 2, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Erdogan sees progress in QATAR | Military Qatar and US discuss anti-terror operations HE the Minister of State for Defence resolving Aff airs, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah yesterday hosted a dinner banquet in honour of the Commander of US Central Command (Centcom) Gen. Joseph Votel. The two sides discussed GCC crisis bilateral military ties and the means to enhance them. They also Q Turkish president praises Qatar’s ‘positive attitude’ discussed joint counter-terrorism operations. The banquet was Agencies dialogue and diplomatic means. attended among others by Chief of Doha/Ankara The two sides praised the mediation Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Maj. eff orts of Kuwait to resolve the crisis. Gen. (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen al- The talks held at the Emiri Diwan also Ghanem as well as commanders of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Doha urkish President Recep Tayyip dealt with the joint eff orts of the two the land forces, air forces, navy, and yesterday. The two leaders discussed the regional and international developments, especially the Gulf crisis and eff orts exerted to Erdogan yesterday said his visit countries in the fi ght against terrorism joint special forces. resolve it through dialogue and diplomatic means. They praised Kuwait’s mediation eff orts to resolve the crisis. Page 2 Tto the Gulf region made a con- and extremism in order to reduce this tribution to easing the GCC crisis, but scourge that threatens the security of QATAR | Telecoms indicated that more time was needed to the region through regional and inter- end the standoff . national eff orts to combat them in all Vodafone’s foreign Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia and Ku- their forms and sources of funding. ownership now 49% wait at the weekend before heading to They also reviewed the strategic rela- Qatar Central Securities Depository Qatar earlier yesterday for talks with His tions between the two countries and the (QCSD) has announced that it had Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin prospects of enhancing them in various amended the foreign ownership World leaders welcome Hamad al-Thani in a trip aimed at de- fi elds, in the interests of the two coun- percentage in the shares of fusing the crisis. tries to benefi t the two brotherly peo- Vodafone Qatar to become 49% The Turkish leader has voiced sup- ples. In this regard, the two sides dis- of the company’s capital, as of port for Kuwait’s mediation eff orts, a cussed areas of joint co-operation and today. Vodafone Qatar is a Qatari possible indication that Ankara sees the ways of developing them in defence, shareholding company listed on Emir’s call for dialogue emirate as the key to resolving the crisis. military, economic, trade and invest- the Qatar Exchange. Meanwhile, On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the ment fi elds. Vodafone Qatar yesterday said all he speech delivered by His High- United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties The meeting was attended by His its network services have been ness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin O UN chief urges all parties to begin talks with Qatar accusing it of backing ex- Highness the Deputy Emir Sheikh restored. “All our network services, THamad al-Thani, calling for a di- tremism and fostering ties with Iran. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and a including 4G+, are now restored. alogue based on mutual respect to solve O France : Emir’s speech a promising development Doha denies the claims. number of ministers. We will be announcing our new the Gulf crisis, has been acclaimed by O Britain lauds Emir’s commitment to dialogue Erdogan had described the crisis as On the Turkish side it was attended customer appreciation programme world leaders including UN Secretary- not being in “anyone’s interest”. by the members of the offi cial delega- soon,” the company tweeted. “We General Antonio Guterres. O Italy calls for opening of border for talks to begin “I think that our visit and contacts (in tion accompanying the president. thank you for bearing with us during Welcoming “the invitation of His O Russia supports mediation eff orts by Kuwait the region) have been an important step Following the talks the Emir hosted a this time and we sincerely apologise Highness the Emir for dialogue to resolve on the way to rebuilding stability and luncheon banquet at the Emiri Diwan in for the inconvenience.” Vodafone the GCC crisis”, the UN Secretary-Gen- mutual confi dence,” he told reporters honour of President Erdogan and his ac- Qatar experienced a major network eral encouraged all parties to start talks to facilitate a rapid settlement of the dif- diff erences through dialogue, and sup- at Ankara airport after returning from companying delegation. outage with its Home Location lift the siege imposed on Qatar and “seek ferences in the GCC and with Egypt,” it port for Kuwaiti mediation. Qatar. But he cautioned: “Of course it’s President Erdogan left Doha later in Register, a key hardware component an acceptable solution for all parties”. added. Johnson said in a statement: “I wel- easy to demolish something, what is the evening. He was seen off at Hamad of their core network, on July 17. He also praised Kuwait’s mediation France said it supports the ongoing come the Emir of Qatar’s commitment hard is to again rebuild something that International Airport by HE the Minis- eff orts to lift the siege imposed on Qa- mediation eff orts in the Gulf crisis by to combat terrorism in all its manifes- has been demolished. ter of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid QATAR | Education tar, expressing hope that these eff orts the Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ah- tations, including terrorist fi nancing. “And in relations between states this bin Mohamed al-Attiyah. will continue, the offi cial Qatar News mad al-Jaber al-Sabah and it encour- The Emir also pledged to resolve the re- takes more time and trouble,” he added. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Qatar University placed Agency (QNA) said. aged the disputing parties to open a maining diff erences with Saudi Arabia, Turkey is setting up a military base in Cavusoglu, who was accompanying fi rst in Arab world France also welcomed Qatar’s call for dialogue in light of the latest “promis- the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain through Qatar, its only such outpost in the re- Erdogan, said that Turkey was trying to Qatar University has been placed dialogue to resolve the dispute consid- ing developments”. dialogue, negotiation, and Kuwaiti me- gion. Erdogan said the base had come organise direct talks between the dis- first in the Arab world and the Middle ering the Emir’s speech as a “promising French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves diation. These steps will help to resolve up in the talks in Doha and also praised puting sides. East region and ranked 37 in the development”. A statement from the Le Drian travelled to the region, in- the dispute.” what he said was Qatar’s “positive atti- “The most appropriate way is to sit “QS Top 50 under 50” 2018 ranking French Foreign Ministry underlined the cluding Kuwait, on July 15-16 to add his He hoped that in turn Saudi Arabia, tude” in trying to solve the crisis. together around the table and [have] among the world’s leading young recent eff orts to resolve the dispute in- voice to mediation eff orts. the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain would re- Earlier the Qatari state news agency direct talks. This is the main obstacle universities founded less than 50 volving several nations in the GCC and British Foreign Secretary Boris John- spond by taking steps towards lifting QNA reported the Emir discussed with in front of us and I hope there will be an years ago. The announcement was also involving Egypt, the Kuwaiti News son has welcomed the Emir’s address in the embargo. “This will allow substan- Erdogan the regional and international opportunity for such format soon,” Al recently made on the QS website. Agency (KUNA) said. which he outlined Qatar’s opposition tive discussions on remaining diff er- developments, especially the Gulf crisis Jazeera quoted him as saying. Page 2 Paris said it “encourages all eff orts to to terrorism, commitment to resolving ences to begin,” he added. To Page 5 and eff orts exerted to resolve it through Pages 2, 4, 5, 20 Renowned Chinese artist expresses solidarity with Qatar activist, who lives in Beijing. He is active in sculpture, installation, Doha meet focuses on threat to media architecture, curating, photography, fi lm, and social, political and cultural By Joseph Varghese responsibility in the face of the fl agrant ference takes place while the country is helped in the development and mod- activities. Ai collaborated with Swiss Staff Reporter violation that the Qatari people are be- under a siege that has been associated ernisation of media in the Arab region, architects Herzog & de Meuron as ing subjected to due to the siege of the with demands that blatantly violate giving people of the region access to the artistic consultant on the Beijing country.
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