Qatar to Build QR1.6Bn Food Facilities at Hamad Port
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Federer wins record 8th INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 Qatar’s banks have REGION 6 BUSINESS 1-7, 7-8 Wimbledon 21,595.00 9,343.57 46.54 ARAB WORLD 6, 7 CLASSIFIED 14-16 lowest non-performing +86.00 -126.36 +0.46 INTERNATIONAL 8-17 SPORTS 1-8 crown +0.40% -1.33% +1.00% loans in GCC, Mena Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10517 July 17, 2017 Shawwal 23, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets CEO of Mitsui Group Qatar to build In brief QR1.6bn food QATAR | Diplomacy facilities at Foreign Minister meets UN offi cial HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani Hamad Port met the United Nations Special Co- ordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, in Doha Food storage and includes bulk storage silos, including yesterday. Talks during the meeting processing plants infrastructure and conveyance equip- dealt with the latest developments in ment, as well as structures for handling, the Middle East, especially in Palestine. will be built on a processing, packaging, reloading and The Foreign Minister stressed that 530,000sq m area transport. Qatar will continue to play its positive The facilities will operate as a fully- role in the quest for peace in the By Peter Alagos functional standalone terminal, while His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday met with the Chief Executive Off icer of Mitsui Group, Tatsuo region. Business Reporter 500m of Hamad Port’s wharf will be Yasunaga, who called on the Emir to greet him on the occasion of his visit to Qatar. The meeting, at the Emir’s off ice at Al Bahr dedicated for the berthing and dis- Palace, reviewed aspects of co-operation and means of enhancing them. charging of the ships, the minister said. QATAR | Reaction atar will build QR1.6bn food HE al-Sulaiti said German, Italian Baghdad bombing storage and processing facilities and Swiss companies like German Ipro, condemned Qat Hamad Port capable of sup- Global Port, Buhler, German BIA and plying stockpile for three main com- C M Bernardini will be involved in the Qatar has expressed its strong modities – rice, sugar, and edible oils, project. condemnation over the bombing that for 3mn people for two and a half years, Al Jaber Engineering CEO Osama De-escalation must for took place in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, it was announced yesterday. Hadid told Gulf Times that companies killing and injuring a number of people. HE the Minister of Transport and from the three countries have already In a statement yesterday, the Ministry Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al- submitted their proposals for the supply of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s Sulaiti made the announcement after of equipment and machinery. firm stance rejecting violence and a signing ceremony between the New “Naturally, the client wants the best terrorism regardless of their motives Port Project (NPP) Steering Committee quality and we would also want to pro- talks to begin: France and whatever the causes and motives and Al Jaber Engineering (JEC), the main vide high-quality projects so, we will be are. The statement extended Qatar’s contractor and designer of the Strategic co-operating with the best names in the French FM holds talks mander in chief of the UAE’s armed “France does not want to substitute condolences to the families of the Food Security Facilities Project. fi elds of food processing and food stor- with Kuwait, UAE leaders forces. the mediator,” Le Drian said in Saudi Ara- victims and the Government and HE al-Sulaiti said the facilities will age,” Hadid pointed out. Abu Dhabi was the last step in a tour bia on Saturday. “It wants to be a facilita- people of Iraq, wishing the injured be built on a 530,000sq m area adjacent HE al-Sulaiti said the project will be Agencies of four Gulf nations that began on Sat- tor by joining eff orts of other countries.” speedy recovery. to Hamad Port, adding that the project handed over to the Ministry of Economy Kuwait/Abu Dhabi urday and also took Le Drian to Qatar, Le Drian’s visit comes after a four- consists of specialised facilities for the and Commerce once completed, signal- Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. day mediation mission by US Secretary processing, manufacturing and refi ning ling the start of Phase 2, which will in- Earlier yesterday, the French foreign of State Rex Tillerson ended on Thurs- BUSINESS | Trade of rice, raw sugar and edible oils, which volve private sector companies. Page 20 rench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves minister held talks in Kuwait City with day with no announcement of progress Talks on Qatar-Oman “will be available for local, regional and Le Drian called for a “de-esca- senior offi cials in a bid to bolster the towards defusing mounting tensions in investment scopes global use”. Projects going as planned Flation” in the row between Qatar emirate’s attempts to mediate in the the Gulf. He noted that Phase 1 of the project is and four Arab countries, as he held talks Gulf crisis. Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed Qatari businessmen discussed expected to be completed in 26 months. HE the Minister of Transport and Com- in the UAE and Kuwait, a mediator in the Le Drian met with the Emir Sheikh sanctions on Doha on June 5, including yesterday with their visiting Omani Speaking to reporters on the sidelines munications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti crisis. Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and closing its only land border and denying counterparts investment opportunities of the event, New Port Project executive said that all the projects in the country are “It would be preferable if the parties Kuwait’s foreign minister, state news Qatar access to their airspace . in the Qatari market and means of director Maisar Jamil el-Qutami said proceeding at a good pace as planned could engage in a process of de-escala- agency KUNA said, for talks on a re- The four Arab states accuse Qatar of enhancing trade relations between the the facility will have a daily capacity of and will not stop as a result of the siege tion, one that is indispensable so that gional rift which has seen Saudi Arabia, ties to Iran and of funding Islamist ex- two sides. Qatar Chamber has hosted 300 metric tonnes of rice, 300mt of raw imposed on Qatar. negotiations can take place in a con- the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain sever all ties tremist groups. Qatar has repeatedly a delegation among the Omani trade sugar and 200mt of edible oils. Speaking on the sidelines of the signing of structive atmosphere,” Le Drian said in with Qatar. denied the accusations. groups, which met with Qatar Chamber “The project has the fl exibility to add a contract for designing and constructing Abu Dhabi. The French foreign minister has sup- The Gulf crisis is the worst to hit the Vice-President Mohamed bin Ahmed other commodities, and it is capable of food security facilities and warehouses He held talks with Abu Dhabi Crown ported Kuwait as a mediator in the cri- region since the establishment of the bin Tawar. Business Page 1 producing animal feeds and food stocks at Hamad Port, the minister said under Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed sis, which he said should be resolved “by Gulf Co-operation Council in 1981. from rice and sugar byproduct,” said the siege lifestyle has not changed and al-Nahayan, who is also deputy com- the Gulf countries themselves”. Pages 2, 20 el-Qutami, who added that the facility everything is going on as usual because AMERICA | Poll could spare 30% of its production for of the eff orts made by the government Trump is losing export. at all levels. public support HE al-Sulaiti said the project also Public support for President Donald Aqsa offi cials reject new Israeli measures Trump is dropping, a poll showed yesterday, as he faces multiple QNA Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after radio station, saying “it is a dangerous setbacks over his stalled agenda Bethlehem it had been closed following a deadly and unprecedented move to impose and eff orts to repeal and replace shooting attack inside the compound control over Al-Aqsa mosque.” Obamacare. Nearly six months since he that left two Israeli border policemen When Israeli authorities attempted took off ice, Trump is facing a declining s Israeli offi cials moved to killed and three Palestinian assailants to reopen the mosque at 12:30pm be- approval rating that has dropped from “gradually reopen” the Al-Aqsa shot dead on Friday. fore afternoon prayers, Waqf offi cials 42% in April to 36%, according to a AMosque compound in occupied After discussions with “top secu- refused to pass through the metal de- Washington Post-ABC News poll of East Jerusalem for afternoon prayers rity leadership,” Netanyahu announced tectors. 1,001 adults. Similarly, his disapproval yesterday after three days of closure, additional security measures at the Israeli occupation authorities took rating has jumped five points to 58%. offi cials from the Islamic Endowment holy site, including the installation of control over the Al-Aqsa Mosque after A total of 48% of respondents said (Waqf) that runs the holy site refused the metal detectors as well as security the 1967 war, expanding their ambi- they “disapprove strongly” of the New Port Project executive director Maisar Jamil el-Qutami and Al Jaber to pass through new metal detectors cameras outside the compound, Ma’an tious schemes to Judaise Jerusalem, president’s performance in off ice.