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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 20 SPORT | 25 QIC official Kaymer, McDowell, insurer of golf Noren lead strong tournament field in Doha Tuesday 24 January 2017 | 26 Rabia II 1438 Volume 21 | Number 7051 | 2 Riyals Rebel group signs Qatar-backed Darfur peace plan QNA & Anatolia "Emir H H Sheikh Tamim he Sudanese govern- bin Hamad Al Thani was ment signed yesterday following with interest an agreement with Sudan Liberation the peace process in Movement -Second Darfur and is hoping TRevolution (SLM-SR) , in accord- for sustainability and ance with the Doha Document development of the for Peace in Darfur. region as well as all of Qatar's Deputy Prime Minis- Sudan," said Deputy ter and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Prime Minister and Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Minister of State for attended the signing in Doha, Cabinet Affairs H E Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud speaking during the along with Assistant to the Presi- Ahmed bin Abdullah bin signing ceremony in Doha, yesterday. dent of Sudan Musa Mohamed Zaid Al Mahmoud who Ahmed and Jeremiah Kingsley attended the signing Al Mahmoud gave a speech to basis of ending the struggle and is to be signed in the ceremony. achieve peace in Darfur saying, Mamabolo, who is the Joint Spe- mark the occasion and conveyed initiating a rebuilding and devel- Al Mahmoud said that it con- that the aim of the agreement is cial Representative for Darfur and ceremony in Doha. the greetings of the Emir H H opment process in Darfur. He firms the movement's courage to include everyone, providing Head of the African Union-United Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al praised the example set by Liber- and determination to establish stability and well being to the Nations Hybrid Operation in Dar- arms against Khartoum in 2010, Thani. The Minister added that the ation and Justice Movement back peace and start a new beginning people of Darfur. fur (UNAMID). after accusing the government Emir was following with interest then, when it signed the document of stability and development for Al Mahmoud said the Doha The agreement was signed of violating the terms. the developments of peace in Dar- and choose the road of peace, to the people of Darfur. "The Document was ratified by the peo- by SLM-SR leader Abu Al Qasim The Doha Document was fur and is hoping for sustainability help the people of Darfur achieve movement deserves to be ple and supported by the regional Imam and Sudanese Vice-Pres- first signed in mid-2011 by Khar- and development of the region as stability and development. thanked for participating in the and international community cov- ident Amin Hassan Omar. In toum and the Liberation and well as all of Sudan. The Deputy Prime Minister national dialogue that took place ers an all around just solution for 2007, Imam split from the Sudan Justice Movement, a Darfurian The Deputy Prime Minister said that SLM-SR led by Abu Al recently in Sudan in addition to the cause of the conflict and is a Liberation Movement (SLM) led rebel group. The deal, however, said that the Doha Document for Qasim Imam Haj has signed an the Darfur peace agreement, result of the hard work of all the by Abdel Wahid Al Nur and was not signed at the time by peace has crowned the efforts of initial agreement on the Doha which confirms the movements partners with close discussion of signed a peace deal in Libyan Darfur’s two other leading rebel all parties committed to the Document for Peace in Darfur in commitment to achieve peace." the people of Darfur, who are the capital Tripoli with the Sudanese movements, the SLM and the Jus- interests of the people of Darfur. N'Djamena of Chad Republic, The mediation followed cer- most important element. government. His group took up tice and Equality Movement. The document also became the noting that the final agreement tain principles in its quest to → Continued on page 3 Festival attracts visitors 400% increase in daily First day of Syria talks end without container clearance breakthrough ASTANA: A first day of indi- The Peninsula Department at Qatar’s General rect peace talks between Authority of Customs (GAC). Syrian rebels and the regime he single window customs “The system is being of Bashar al-Assad in Kaza- clearance service ‘Al upgraded. By July, electronic khstan's capital Astana ended TNadeeb’, introduced by link between GAC and all min- Monday without any appar- the General Authority of Cus- istries and other organisations ent breakthrough, sources toms (GAC), has attained 400% concerned with customs will be said. increase in number of contain- established. Hamad Port will be "Our delegation's meet- ers cleared each day. Once fully fully functional in July, so that ings are over for today," a established by July, all the min- some of the issues face by a few source close to the regime istries and other allied companies now, will be said, after rebel spokesman organisations will be linked to resolved,” said Al Sahli in a Yehya Al Aridi told reporters the online system, without any statement. the opposition's meetings human interference in the The electronic link will have were also done for the day. clearance procedures. a lot of salient features easing Yesterday's talks, organ- “Clearance of containers custom clearance, enhancing ised by rebel backer Turkey raised from 200 containers per coordination and cooperation and regime allies Russia and day to some 1,000, with the Al with the partners. The link will Iran, could have marked the Nadeeb service. The system has help process the customs dec- first time armed rebel groups eased and sped up the custom laration within few minutes if directly negotiate with People visiting stalls at Souq Waqif as part of the Spring Festival, yesterday. procedures significantly,” said there is no restriction on the Assad's regime since the con- Pic: Baher Amin/The Peninsula Abdul Hadi Hasan Al Sahli, goods. flict began in 2011. Director of Sea Customs → Continued on page 5 → See also page 7 Yemen army seizes Expatriates hail free e-gate services at HIA Red Sea port city Fazeena Saleem e-gate service has helped to Goonethillaka, a bank employee wait in long queues. E-gates are “I have been using the e- gate MOKHA: Yemeni govern- The Peninsula speed up immigration proce- said: “ I used the e-gate service last very quick and efficient. The facility for some time because I ment forces captured dures as they are not required to week and it was very fast and use- whole procedure at the e-gate don’t like waiting in queues. But yesterday the port of Mokha any have started bene- wait in queues for the officers to ful. All one has to do is swipe the takes less than two minutes.” the e-gate service was accessible to as they pushed to oust Huthi fiting from the recently manually check their details and Qatar ID, get eye scan and just go. At present 19 e-gates have those who have subscribed to the rebels from the Red Sea Mintroduced free e-gate stamp the passports. It’s a super awesome service and been installed at the departures Qatari smart ID card services for coastline, a journalist said. service for expatriate passengers The e-gate service is accessible everything was completed within terminal and 16 at the arrival ter- which had to pay an extra amount Government forces were at the arrivals and departures to expatriates above 18 years of age, couple of minutes.” minal. “I was not aware of the anually. It’s really good that with the combing the port, a journalist terminal of the Hamad Interna- using their Qatari ID cards. They are “It can be even more helpful e-gate service at HIA and was new facility everyone could exit or accompanying the troops said, tional Airport (HIA). required to scan the ID card on the in situations as when we reach waiting at the regular immigra- enter from the e-gate fast and free almost three weeks after the The Ministry of Interior acti- card reader machine installed at the airport late for a departure, tion queue which was pretty long of charge,” said a Kenyan expatri- loyalists launched an offensive vated the service in December e-gate followed by finger print or because the service is very fast and the airport officials directed ate. Ann Morris, a frequent against the Shia insurgents last year and also a biometric eye scan (retina scan). If data on the and we don’t need to spend any me to the e gate. It was very fast traveller said: “Queues at HIA and their allies on Yemen's data activation centre was set up ID and biometrics/ retina matches, time for immigration formalities. and easy. It saved so much of immigration can be long and southwestern coast. An offi- two weeks ago for e-gate users. the system will open the gate. The e-gate service is one of the time and prevented from stand- take time. I have always used the cial statement said Several expatriates, The These procedures are com- efficient services introduced at ing after a long journey ,” said e-gate facility and found it to be government forces recap- Peninsula spoke to, expressed pleted through e-gate using the HIA,” he added. D'Souza a long time expatriate fast and convenient way to clear tured the whole city, but a happiness over the move, saying automated machines within a A long time Indian expatri- in Doha.