www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESSB | 21 SPORT | 30 Qatargas wins Djokovic crushes GCGCCC Environment Verdasco to reach Award quarters THURSDAY 7 JANUARY 2016 • 27 Rabia I 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6668 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir meets US official Alarm as North Tunisia charter a Korea tests key achievement, hydrogen bomb says official Reuters SEOUL: North Korea said it suc- cessfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear bomb yester- day, claiming a significant advance 100,000 job opportunities annually” in its strike capability and setting Challenges remain and this is creating disappointment off alarm bells in Japan and South among the youth, he added. Korea. for democracy in The disappointment was reflected The test, the fourth time the iso- cradle of Arab Spring in the voter turnout in the last election lated state has exploded a nuclear in which only three million people device, was ordered by young leader cast their ballot while eight million Kim Jong Un and successfully con- people had participated in the pre- ducted at 10am local time (0130 vious election, Mansser said. GMT), North Korea’s official KCNA By Mohamed Osman The military’s neutral stance con- news agency said. The Peninsula tributed to the current achievements. “Let the world look up to the The military in Tunisia never inter- strong, self-reliant nuclear-armed fered in politics since independence, state,” Kim wrote in what North Mansser told The Peninsula when Korean state TV displayed as a hand- DOHA: A major achievement of the asked “why the stance of defence written note. Tunisian revolution has been the cur- forces in Tunisia was different from South Korean intelligence offi- rent constitution, yet there are many that in other Arab countries”. Mans- cials and several analysts questioned challenges facing the last candle of ser, who was speaking with four other whether yesterday’s explosion was democracy in the Arab Spring states, panelists at the first seminar of a series indeed a full-fledged test of a hydro- says a senior Tunisian official. organised by Al Jazeera Studies Centre, gen device. After five years of Arab revolution, emphasised that Tunisia has man- The reported nuclear test drew Tunisia is the only lit candle despite aged to establish a system whereby condemnation abroad, including challenges after the overthrow of no one can override a democratically from China and Russia, North the regime. elected regime and so the revolution’s Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Korea’s two main allies. The main achievement of the rev- achievements have been protected. Committee, Senator Bob Corker, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. olution is the constitution ratified by The constitution addresses the → See also page 9 a vast majority of Tunisians, and it rights of marginalised groups and has was an outcome of a long political strengthened national unity by end- Tunisia premier battle which led to an agreement on ing discrimination based on region the priorities undermining unneces- and also facilitates local governance reshuffles cabinet sary differences, said Adnan Mansser, and political participation. Qatar recalls ambassador to Iran Director of the Presidential Cabinet Mansser added: “There are many and a former official spokesman Western hypocrites who are exploiting TUNIS: Tunisian Premier Habib for the Presidency of the Republic our need for support and investment DOHA: Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign try, Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Hamar, Tehran and the consulate in Mash- Essid announced yesterday a major of Tunisia. to impose their conditions which will Affairs recalled yesterday its ambassa- reports QNA. had, which represent a violation of cabinet reshuffle, as his government However, there are major chal- affect our interests, but publicly they dor to Tehran following attacks on the The Ministry also handed a protest the international charters and norms grapples with growing Islamist vio- lenges facing democracy, such as speak in a different way”. Saudi Embassy in Tehran and general note to the Iranian Embassy in Doha. that emphasise the protection of diplo- lence and a feeble economy. The economic difficulties and corrup- consulate in Mashhad, said Director The note was given following matic missions and their staff, a Foreign foreign and interior ministers were tion, which is “making us lose around → Continued on page 2 of Asian Department at the Minis- the attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Ministry statement said, reports QNA. among those replaced. 02 THURSDAY 7 JANUARY 2016 HOME Emir watches Djokovic’s match at Qatar ExxonMobil Open Premier meets US Senator Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday attended part of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2016 at the Khalifa Thani yesterday met US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator International Tennis and Squash Complex. The Emir watched the match between Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Fernando Bob Corker and his delegation. Talks dealt with cooperation between both Verdasco. Djokovic won 6-2, 6-2 to qualify for the quarter-finals. countries, means of enhancing it and regional developments. Emir meets Danish Libya ‘conflict based on legitimacy, power and wealth’ Foreign Minister Continued from page 1 components of the revolution failed to 1952 and the media contributed to exclu- QNA manage their differences to combine the sion, oppression and promotion of hatred The second speaker was Awad armed youth and this led to the spread of and extremism. Social media is the only Albaraasi, Chairman, Libyan Organ- weapons, chaos and the country plunged window available for freedom of expres- isation of Policies and Strategies, and into new armed conflicts. sion in Egypt today, she added. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin a former deputy prime minister, who Consecutive governments have failed The situation in Yemen was Hamad Al Thani met Danish Foreign said the current conflict in Libya was to find solution for the over -centrali- highlighted by Waseem Al Qurashi, Officials at a seminar ‘Five Years Into the Arab Spring: Achievements, Minister Kristian Jensen and his del- based on legitimacy, power and wealth sation system to end marginalisation, spokesperson of the Organising Com- Failure and Future scenarios’ at Al Jazeera Media Training and egation at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. and the innocent people were paying a provide services and combat poverty. mittee for the Youth of the Yemeni They reviewed relations between the heavy price. Arab people are patient but they do Revolution in 2011. “We in Yemen under- Development Centre. It will be followed by seminar 2. two countries, means of promoting The armed revolution managed to not like to be taken for a ride by any estimated the situation thinking that them and matters of common concern. remove the regime in a short time as regime and despite challenges that within 15 days of mass demonstrations forces consisting of all Yemenis and free it laid the foundation for the principles Prime Minister and Interior Minis- Libya was the only country which wit- faced Arab Spring revolutions, peo- we will get rid of the regime, and this of tribal, family and sectarian affilia- of democracy and freedom. ter H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin nessed Western military intervention. ple are resisting and revolutions have proved to be wrong,” he said. tions. Abdel Wahab Al Afandi, Professor All segments of society took part in Khalifa Al Thani also held a separate The collapse of the regime created not ended, said Neven Melek, human The regime was deep-rooted in dif- of Political Science and Head of Political the revolutions but some mistakes of the meeting with Jensen and his delega- vacuum in government institutions which rights activist and a former member ferent sectors and to uproot it there was Science and International Relations Pro- revolutionary powers were exploited tion. They discussed relations between were weak and ineffective because of of the Supreme Authority of Al Wasat the need for more time and effort and gramme at Doha Institute for Graduates, by the supporters of the old regimes the two countries, means of enhancing corruption and an over-centralisation Egyptian Party. She said all segments of unity. “Therefore, we took Saleh away but said observers expected that the Arab in many countries, and to achieve the them and regional and international system applied by the former regime. Egyptian people suffered from margin- his regime remained.” He said Yemenis revolution will plunge into a situation goals of the revolutions they need to issues of common concern. Although there are achievements, but alisation under the military rule since are seeking to establish national armed similar to that of Somalia, but instead sink their differences, Al Afandi said. HOME THURSDAY 7 JANUARY 2016 03 Seawater desalination plant on vessel to be studied meeting yesterday, was briefed on the It approved a proposal to amend Cabinet reviews proposals of the Supreme Council of certain provisions of the Cabinet Reso- Health on the basic health benefits lution No. 32 of 2013 on the nomination report on the package for Qataris, reports Qatar of the president and members of the project to employ News Agency. appeals committee at Qatar Financial The Cabinet decided to approve Markets Authority (QFMA). reverse osmosis the tendering procedures through Under the proposal, the commit- method of seawater which one or several local insur- tee established within QFMA will be ance providers will be selected to re-formed to be headed by a chief of desalination manage the mandatory health cover the Court of Appeals with two judges scheme for Qataris according to the of the court and two experts from the proposed timetable, including fixing field of securities trading as members.