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GNA Hails Roles of Qatar, Turkey in Supporting Libyan People INDEX BUSINESS QATAR 2,3,12 COMMENT 10 QATAR | Page 1 | Page 12 ARAB WORLD 4 BUSINESS 1-8 Business Forum INTERNATIONAL 5-9,11 SPORTS 1-8 QNL to represent discusses DOW JONES QE NYMEX Middle East in enhancing global open Qatar-German 27,930.57 9,767.18 42.34 +190.84 -46.6 -0.48 access network trade, investment +0.69% -0.47% -1.12% exchange Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11649 August 23, 2020 Muharram 4, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals ‘MoCI sets prices of PSG Doha academy players all stirred up basic commodities’ The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has stressed that GNA hails roles it determines the maximum prices of only basic commodities such as vegetables, fruits, fish and others. Regarding other items, the MoCI said prices may vary from one of Qatar, Turkey outlet to another and consumers should compare the rates and quality of diff erent items in such places and take the adequate decision accordingly. in supporting The ministry issued the clarification through a statement on Twitter yesterday, with regard to the issue of price variations between supermarkets and the MoCI’s role Libyan people in controlling consumer prices. The ministry has urged people to report any violations through its OResumption of political process stressed various communication channels, the call centre at 16001 and social media platforms at MOCIqatar. QNA irreversible option, stressing its stead- The prices of basic commodities Tripoli fast position rejecting the militarisa- such as vegetables, fruits and fish, tion of the country, “in acknowledge- etc, can be found on the MoCI ment to the blood of the martyrs, in website at https://www.moci.gov. he Presidential Council of the response to the demand of the Libyans, qa/en/our-services/consumer/ Libyan Government of National and in order to preserve the security, commodities-daily-prices/ TAccord (GNA) praised the roles unity and sovereignty of Libya”. of Qatar and Turkey in supporting the The Libyan Presidential Council af- MoPH reports 113,531 legitimate government and the Libyan fi rmed “the importance of resuming total Covid-19 recoveries people during the current crisis. the political process on clear grounds This came in a statement issued by in which there is no place for those The Ministry of Public Health Boys with the under-12 group, train at the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Football Academy in Doha yesterday, on the eve of the GNA Presidency Council follow- whose hands have been stained with (MoPH) reported yesterday the Champions League Final between France’s PSG and German side Bayern Munich, in Lisbon today. Page 12 ing a meeting headed by the Council’s the blood of Libyans, and whoever has 284 new confirmed cases of Chairman Faiz al-Sarraj, and attended committed violations that amount to coronavirus (Covid-19) and 315 by Vice President Ahmed Maitiq, and war crimes and crimes against human- recoveries from the virus in the members Mohamed Ammari Zayed ity, and does not waive the application last 24 hours, bringing the total and Ahmed Hamzah. The statement of justice against them.” number of people who have was carried by Libya’s news agency The statement also stressed the recovered from the disease in yesterday, one day after the GNA and need to resume production and ex- Qatar to 113,531. Page 2 QRCS to support 22 countries the Tobruk Assembly of Representa- portation in the oil fields and ports tives, announced an immediate cease- to support the Libyan economy, meet Houthi drone, missile fi re in the country. the needs of the Libyans and alleviate downed: Saudi The council extended thanks to their suffering. in their fi ght against Covid-19 Turkey, Qatar, and the brotherly and It emphasised that the parliamen- The Saudi-led coalition yesterday friendly countries that supported the tary and presidential elections in the intercepted and destroyed an position of the Government of Nation- country are the goal of the Presidency explosive-laden drone and a atar Red Crescent Society lies most affected by the lockdown.” al Accord and supported the Libyan Council to reach a stable, permanent ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s (QRCS) has launched a large- Co-operation agreements have people during the current crisis, the political stage, provided that they are Houthis towards Saudi Arabia’s Qscale international relief ini- been signed with the partner national statement said. conducted according to a sound con- southern region, state news agency tiative to implement a series of Cov- societies for the purpose of imple- In the statement, the Council af- stitutional rule agreed upon by the SPA reported, citing a coalition id-19 control projects in 22 countries, mentation. Preliminary co-ordina- fi rmed that the modern civil state is an Libyans. Page 4 spokesman. He said the missile benefi ting some 320,000 people. tion has already commenced, and the was heading towards the southern A budget of QR2,236,827 has been execution process will last until the Saudi city of Jizan. Yemen has been allocated for the scheme, which will end of 2020, QRCS has said. A view of Hamad City in Gaza locked in conflict since 2014 when the be implemented directly by QRCS’s “This is part of QRCS’s eff orts to Houthis seized Sanaa, the capital, and foreign representation offi ces and combat Covid-19 in Qatar and be- then much of the country’s north. missions in co-operation with the yond. Under the supervision of Qa- host fellow national societies, ac- tar’s Ministry of Public Health, QRCS Mali’s coup leaders cording to a press statement. has undertaken signifi cant roles in meet Ecowas team The target countries are as follows: Ibrahim Abdullah al-Maliki operating quarantine facilities, taking z Asia: Palestine, Afghanistan, Pa- swabs at its Workers’ Health Centres A key meeting yesterday between kistan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Mongolia nel, and support health facilities and and deploying its ambulances and fi rst Mali’s coup leaders and mediators and Laos services to be able to provide care for responders,” the statement notes. “At from West Africa’s regional bloc z Africa: Ethiopia, Chad, Senegal, the suspected and confi rmed cases.” the same time, QRCS volunteers had seeking a return to civilian rule ended Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and This initiative, he explained, was a remarkable achievements in raising after just 20 minutes. A delegation Sierra Leone “cardinal form of support for health awareness at shopping centres and from the 15-nation Economic z Europe: Albania, Kosovo and systems in the target countries, where public places, disinfecting streets and Community of West African States Montenegro the consequences of the pandemic districts, and inspecting hygiene com- (Ecowas) earlier arrived in the capital, z South America: Venezuela, El weighed heavily on the health facili- pliance, just to name a few.” Bamako, for talks aimed at reversing Salvador and Peru ties”. Internationally, QRCS has con- the overthrow of Keita on Tuesday. z North America: Panama “QRCS will provide medicines, ducted many coronavirus control and The bloc has taken a hard line on the z Oceania: Vanuatu medical equipment and consuma- relief operations through its missions coup, shutting borders and halting QRCS chief executive director Ib- bles for the treatment of patients,” in Lebanon, Bangladesh, Turkey, financial flows. Page 5 rahim Abdullah al-Maliki said, “The continued al-Maliki. “We will en- Iraq, Yemen and Gaza. This portfolio initiative is aimed at backing the ef- hance protection of the medical involved establishing isolation cen- German trial concerts forts exerted by those countries to professionals who deal with quar- tres and fi eld hospitals, supporting to probe infection risks reduce the spread of the virus, alle- antined patients by securing masks, healthcare facilities, providing medi- viate its impact on the populations, gloves, sanitisers and other medical cal protective materials and donat- A German university yesterday provide health protection supplies for protective supplies. Also, food bas- ing in-kind medical supplies for the This picture taken on August 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the Qatari-built launched a series of pop concerts ambulance and emergency person- kets will be distributed to the fami- health authorities. “Hamad City” housing project in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. under coronavirus conditions, hoping the mass experiment with 2,000 people can determine whether large events can safely resume. Tim Bendzko, a well-known singer, agreed to give three separate Navalny fl own to Berlin hospital in ‘worrying’ condition performances over the course of the day in Leipzig, allowing researchers from nearby Halle University to try Reuters would have died,” said Bizilj, adding out diff erent configurations for the Berlin that it would be up to doctors and Na- gigs. Only young, healthy volunteers valny’s family to provide further infor- were allowed to attend in a bid to mation on his condition. limit infection risks. Page 8 ravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Bizilj, a Slovenian-born activist and Bild Lukashenko orders Navalny was evacuated to Ger- fi lmmaker, was earlier quoted by Gmany for medical treatment tabloid as saying Navalny’s condition army to defend borders yesterday, fl own out of the Siberian was stable during the fl ight and after city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft landing. Belarus’s authoritarian leader and taken to a hospital in Berlin. Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokes- Alexander Lukashenko yesterday There was no word yet from the woman, said on Twitter that “This is ordered his defence minister to Charite hospital on his condition but another proof that nothing was pre- take “stringent measures” to defend the founder of the activist group that venting Navalny from being trans- the country’s territorial integrity arranged the fl ight called Navalny’s ported, and it was necessary to do so as after mass protests erupted against health condition “very worrying”.
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