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FinlandFi strikes Al Sadd target deald on $76bn win over Al expansionarye Ain; Al Duhail budget for look for 2021 repeat show Business | 13 Sport | 16 FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 1 SAFAR - 1442 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 8384 www.thepeninsula.qa 2 RIYALS Enjoy Ooredoo’s fast 5G network QA network to expand to over 90 destinations Qatar Airways plans destinations but also operating The airline’s resilience and as many frequencies as possible commitment to providing con- to resume flights or to provide our passengers the nectivity has also seen it launch increase frequencies flexibility to travel when they several new destinations since to Copenhagen, want. the start of the pandemic, “By continuing to fly during including Accra, Brisbane and Clark, Dhaka, the pandemic while others Cebu. Entebbe, Hanoi, stopped, we have gained the The airline’s variety of fuel- Madrid, Manchester, Manila, Seychelles, Stockholm, Windhoek and Yerevan. Shura Council Speaker meets Iranian Envoy Speaker of the Shura Council, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud met yesterday with THE PENINSULA — DOHA Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the State of Qatar, H E Mohammed Ali Subhani, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. The meeting reviewed parliamentary relations Qatar Airways continues to lead between the two countries and ways to support and develop them. H E the Speaker of the Shura the aviation industry offering Council wished H E the Ambassador success in his future tasks, and for the relations between the more global connectivity than State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Iran further development and growth. any other airline. With the airline’s network never falling below 30 destinations since the onset of the pandemic, the Our focus throughout the rebuild of our resumption of services to Ministry issues new guidelines Amman, Entebbe, Hanoi, network is not only on restarting destinations Seychelles, Windhoek and but also operating as many frequencies as Yerevan and the launch of new possible to provide our passengers the for employment in hotel sector flights to Accra will see the flexibility to travel when they want. airline’s global network more QNA — DOHA Addressing the meeting via to achieve the desired goals. than triple in size by mid- H E Akbar Al Baker video link, the Minister said that H E The Ministry of Admin- October. The Ministry of Administrative Qatar National Vision 2030 aims istrative Development, Labor The airline plans to resume Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Development, Labour and to transform Qatar into an and Social Affairs is committed flights or increase frequencies Social Affairs (MADLSA) advanced country capable of to implementing them within to Copenhagen, Clark, Dhaka, yesterday organised a virtual achieving sustainable devel- the standards of decent work Entebbe, Hanoi, Madrid, Man- trust of passengers as an airline efficient aircraft and strategic meeting to promote fair opment and ensuring the con- and within the framework of chester, Manila, Seychelles, they can rely on. We have taken network management has recruitment and employment tinuation of decent living for its the sustainable growth system Stockholm, Windhoek and more international passengers enabled it to quickly resume in hospitality sector and people, generation after gener- for all sectors in the State of Yerevan. home than any other airline flights and expand services in announced the launch of a new ation, in a society that promotes Qatar. Qatar Airways Group Chief during this pandemic and as line with passenger demand. guide for employment in the the values of justice and equality. H E also stressed the min- Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker, entry restrictions ease, we The frequency to Copen- hotel sector in Qatar in coop- He added that within the istry’s keenness to ensure said: “We are proud to be the remain focused on our funda- hagen will increase to 10 eration with Qatar Chamber of framework of achieving this effective implementation of all leading global airline con- mental mission of carrying pas- weekly flights from October 15 Commerce and Industry, the vision, Qatar has introduced the aforementioned reforms, as necting passengers with the sengers across the globe safely while there will be seven Institute for Human Rights and recent reforms to the labour the main stakeholders, world, helping take people and reliably,” said H E Al Baker. weekly flights to Dhaka from Business (IHRB), and the Inter- market, which are being including the hospitality sector, safely and sustainably to where “There are still millions of September 19. national Labor Organization included as an important part have shown effective and they need to be. people who have not been able Flights to Madrid will be (ILO) project office in Qatar. of the national development serious cooperation with the “Having one of the to be reunited with their friends increased to 10 weekly flights Minister of Administrative strategies. H E the Minister Ministry in this regard, and youngest, most fuel-efficient and families and it is heart- from October 1; flights to Man- Development, Labour and Social emphasised that those reforms, since early 2019, the Ministry fleets enables us to be agile and warming to know our growing chester will be increased to 17 Affairs, H E Yousuf Mohammed especially the legislative has formed a working group respond quickly to passenger network will provide them an weekly flights from 15 October Al Othman Fakhroo, announced amendments adopted by the with hotel representatives in demand. Our focus throughout opportunity to travel home or 15; and flights to Manila will be the launch of the new guide for state, are fundamental in this the country to strengthen the rebuild of our network is take a trip to see loved ones,” increasing to 17 weekly flights employment in the hotel sector regard, and effective imple- standards for fair recruitment not only on restarting he added. from October 2. `P2 in Qatar. mentation of them is a necessity in this sector. `P2 Services sector becoming key US pursuing various More than 300 driver of economic growth options to end Gulf entries for SACHIN KUMAR THE PENINSULA Nominal value of the Sheikh Hamad GDP at current prices crisis: Official The role of services sector, award 2020 which includes transportation, in 2019 amounted to FAZEENA SALEEM Department of State. financial transactions, logistic around QR668bn. THE PENINSULA H E Lenderking also QNA — DOHA services and trade, has emphasised the possi- increased significantly in The United States is pursuing bility of an interim The board of trustees of the powering Qatar’s economy. Qatar’s services various options to find a solution solution to the Gulf Sheikh Hamad Award for sector is forecast to By providing greater con- to the Gulf crisis, including dispute, ahead of a per- We think on the necessity of Translation and International tribution to GDP (gross stabilise at around possibility of an interim reso- manent resolution, Understanding (SHATIU) has domestic product) growth in lution, said Deputy Assistant which US is trying to the Gulf to reunify. So, announced that the Award’s 2019, the services sector has 0.3% in 2020, and to Secretary of State, H E Timothy achieve at a diplomatic though it may not be a steering committee has become one of the key drivers recover by about 2.8% Lenderking, yesterday. level. “We remain open matter of weeks, we are still completed the preliminary of Qatar’s economic expansion. in 2021, and then Speaking at the telephonic to really any idea that very dedicated to resolving screening of the submissions In simple terms, GDP pro- further by about 4.3% press briefing, H E Lenderking help build confidence….. the crisis, were in contact for the Award in its sixth vides an economic snapshot of said that US is open to action We are open to possi- with all of the parties on a edition for the year 2020. a country and is used to in 2022. which would increase the con- bilities, such as where The committee said that estimate the size of an economy fidence between Gulf states we could increase trade pretty vigorous basis.” the number of entries and growth rate. such as to reopen Qatar’s air or transport activity exceeded 300 participants “During the period 2016- The rise of services sector and land borders currently particularly across Timothy Lenderking representing individuals and 2019, its (services sector) activ- assumes importance. With the blocked by neighbouring states Qatar-Saudi land Deputy Assistant institutions concerned with ities constituted an average of completion of most of the con- or bring selected countries to border,” he said. Secretary of State translation from 42 Arab and 46.8 percent of the overall structions projects in the the negotiating table. “We want “We also think that foreign countries. nominal GDP and an average country in the past two years, Gulf countries to make some not all parties neces- Media spokesperson for of 70 percent of the nominal the contribution of construction compromises and particularly sarily need to be at the be possible for Arab countries the Award, Dr. Hanan Al non-hydrocarbon GDP,” noted sector has decreased to work together,” he said in table once. But we can look at to normalise amongst each Fayyad, said in a statement a report by the Planning and comparatively. reply to a question by The small arrangements which could other,” he said. yesterday that this year’s Statistics Authority. Preliminary national Peninsula. make a progress, like between H E Lenderking also appre- edition saw more participants “The services sector wit- accounts data suggest that the “We think on the necessity Qatar and Saudi Arabia, or ciated the Kuwaiti mediation than the previous one in which nessed an average annual nominal value of the GDP at of the Gulf to reunify.