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Amir Attends Opening of Qitcom 2019, Munich Security Conference Core BUSINESS | Page 1 Ooredoo nine-month net profi t rises by 16% to QR1.3bn published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11351 October 30, 2019 Rabia I 2, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir attends opening of Qitcom 2019, Munich Security Conference Core Group meeting O Rwandan President Paul Kagame and ministers from several countries also present at inaugural event is Highness the Amir Sheikh The ceremony began with the screen- Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani ing of a fi lm that tells the story of the de- Hattended the opening of the velopment of the digital transformation Qatar Information Technology Con- in Qatar, and HE Jassim Seif Ahmed al- ference and Exhibition (Qitcom 2019), Sulaiti, Minister of Transport and Com- organised by the Ministry of Transport munications, and Wolfgang Ischinger, and Communications under the theme Chairman of the Munich Security Con- “Safe and Smart Cities”, and the Mu- ference, delivered a speech. nich Security Conference (MSC) Core Addressing the opening ceremony, Group Meeting at the Qatar National HE al-Sulaiti said: “The Amir’s pa- Convention Centre yesterday. tronage of Qitcom 2019, held under the The ceremony was attended by Paul theme “Safe Smart Cities”, shows that Kagame, President of Rwanda, HE Qatar’s wise leadership is keen to sup- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa port the digital transformation of the al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister country, create an integrated digital so- of Interior, and a number of Sheikhs ciety, and prepare the human capital to and ministers. participate in the building of a knowl- The opening was also attended by edge-based economy. This would keep Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minis- Qatar up to date with the digital boom ter of Foreign Aff airs of Oman, Dr Mo- the world is witnessing and help ad- hamed Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign vance economic development.” Aff airs of Iran, Nijervan Barzani, Presi- The Minister said Qatar was one dent of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, of the fi rst countries to realise the and a number of ministers of informa- benefi ts of smart cities and their im- tion, communications and information portance for the comprehensive and technology from brotherly and friendly sustainable development the country countries, heads of diplomatic mis- is working to achieve. He said Qatar sions, senior offi cials, experts, board augmented its ITC infrastructure and presidents and executives in the fi eld improved the Internet quality, becom- of communications and information ing the fi rst country in the world to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani welcomes Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. technology. launch 5G services. To Page 28 (right). More pictures Page 28 Qatar’s national artifi cial intelligence plan launched By Joseph Varghese tween the government and a research Staff Reporter MoTC launches Theqa, institute. It aims to adopt the artifi cial intelligence and harness it to secure the Tawasol and Tasdeeq economic and strategic future of Qatar atar’s National Artifi cial In- as is envisaged by Qatar National Strat- telligence (AI) Strategy was On the sidelines of the Qitcom egy 2030,” noted the Minister. Qlaunched yesterday at the Qa- 2019, MoTC yesterday launched “We are honoured to have our blue- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani with dignitaries attending the opening of Qitcom 2019 at the Qatar tar Information Technology and Com- Theqa (the new website of print accepted and launched as the Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. munication Conference and Exhibition Qatar’s e-commerce gateway), National Artifi cial Strategy. It is struc- (Qitcom) 2019 . Tawasol (a portal designed for tured around six thematic pillars and The announcement was made by HE secure electronic collaboration covers the areas in which AI contributes,” the Minister of Transport and Commu- between government Dr Ahmed K Elmagarmid, executive di- nications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti. employees), and Tasdeeq (a rector, QCRI, told Gulf Times. The National AI Strategy is a blueprint shared service platform off ering Earlier this year, QCRI had produced MSC meeting discusses global produced by Qatar Computing Re- ratification and validation the blueprint with the aim of informing search Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad services to government and and advising Qatar’s leadership on the Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). corporate organisations in potential opportunities and challenges “This strategy is the fi rst of its kind Qatar). Pages 8, 10 relating to AI, and to propose a path and regional security issues to be developed in collaboration be- forward. To Page 10 By Joey Aguilar PM resigns as Staff Reporter Lebanon crisis Gulf crisis no longer acceptable, he current situation in the region turns violent is one of severe risk of confl ict, must be resolved: Kuwait Amir Twith a number of unresolved ongoing issues, Munich Security Con- QNA brethren to continue. ference (MSC) chairman Wolfgang HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Kuwait Sheikh Sabah, who has been acting Ischinger said in Doha yesterday. Wolfgang Ischinger Dr Mohamed Javad Zarif Abdulrahman al-Thani as a mediator to resolve the dispute, He was addressing a press con- said: “Diff erences must be overcome at ference on the sidelines of the MSC eign Aff airs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Qatar government for hosting the he Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah the Arab level and the supreme inter- Core Group Meeting 2019 at the Na- Abdulrahman al-Thani. event. “During the meetings, some of al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah ests of the nation must be placed above tional Museum of Qatar. The event Dr Zarif stated that Iran has the right the participants spoke of larger wars Tsaid that the Gulf crisis has all other considerations.” brought together high-level repre- to nuclear technology for peaceful pur- in the region. I am not making my own weakened the capabilities of the Gulf The Amir said the region is witnessing sentatives of governments, interna- poses. He encouraged countries to co- prediction but I am simply quoting to Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s Co-operation Council (GCC) countries unprecedented diffi cult circumstances tional institutions, and academics to operate in the area of technology, tour- you about the assessment of the seri- prime minister yesterday, declaring and threatened their achievements, and there are concerns and pain over the discuss various global and regional ism, nuclear safety, and environmental ousness of the situation in the region. he had hit a “dead end” in trying to stressing that it is no longer acceptable escalation and instability in a number security issues. protection. I think it is good idea for us to get in- resolve a crisis unleashed by huge for the dispute to continue. of brotherly countries, expressing hope The event, under the patronage of The meeting, hosted in Doha for volved in the region again after 2013,” protests against the ruling elite and The Amir also called for strengthen- that brothers in these countries enjoy se- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim the second time since 2013, also held he said. plunging the country deeper into ing Gulf unity and transcendence above curity and prosperity. bin Hamad al-Thani and organised in a closed door discussion on regional MSC provides a platform for head of turmoil. Hariri addressed the nation diff erences. Sheikh Sabah reiterated the serious- co-operation with Qatar’s Ministry of security dynamics titled “Up in Arms states and other political leaders, top after a mob loyal to Hezbollah and During the fourth ordinary session ness of the volatile situation that af- Foreign Aff airs, witnessed Iran’s For- – Armament and Non-Proliferation in offi cials of international civil society Amal movements attacked and of Kuwait’s National Assembly’s 15th fl icts the region, and its serious reper- eign Minister Dr Mohamed Javad Zarif the Middle East”, attended by a number organisations from the region and their destroyed a protest camp set up by legislative term, the Amir said it is no cussions and eff ects that are felt and delivering a keynote speech at a wel- of dignitaries. counterparts from Europe and across anti-government demonstrators in longer acceptable or bearable for the threaten the security, stability and the come lunch, hosted by Qatar’s Deputy At the press conference, Ischinger the world to tackle several security is- Beirut. Page 13 dispute that erupted between GCC future of the generations. Prime Minister and Minister of For- thanked His Highness the Amir and the sues. To Page 3 Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, October 30, 2019 QATAR FM meets head of German parliament committee and president of Kurdistan region of Iraq HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, met the Chairman of the Foreign Aff airs Committee of the German Parliament Norbert Rottgen, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Core Group (MSC) meeting, which is being held in Doha in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs. Right: HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani with the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Core Group (MSC) meeting, in Doha. During the meetings, aspects of co-operation as well as issues of common concern were reviewed. MSC core group chairman underlines importance of bridge-building eff orts By Joey Aguilar bridge building in this region, not go on eternally and must end in “I think the awareness is rising Staff Reporter and in other issues, for example some shape or form.” that this must end because the think of Ukraine, in Europe, and other issues are so overwhelm- unresolved issues in the Balkans, “We are committed and are ingly important that the region he chairman of the Mu- North Korea, South East Asia,” going to continue this eff ort cannot aff ord, the speechless- nich Security Conference he said, citing the successful or- of bridge building in this ness between important players TCore Group (MSC) under- ganising of the MSC Meeting.
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