QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 2020 JUMADA AL-AWWAL 19, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4842 QR 2 Fajr: 5:01 am Dhuhr: 11:43 am Asr: 2:44 pm Maghrib: 5:05 pm Isha: 6:35 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 9 Sports 12 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building Nebras Power completes QREC, Al Sulaiti Holding PARTLY CLOUDY MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN HIGH : 22°C Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera 49% stake buy in Aussie sign pact to maximise LOW : 12°C alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 wind farm racegoer turnout FATHER AMIR OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO SULTAN OF OMAN Shura reviews steps to reduce road accidents Council refers draft law on entry, exit of expats to panel QNA DOHA THE Shura Council has dis- cussed a draft law amending The Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani offered condolences to HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur of the Sultanate some provisions of Law No of Oman on the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur at Al Alam Palace in Muscat on Monday. The Father Amir also offered 21 of 2015 regulating entry, condolences to the members of the royal family, senior officials and dignitaries, praying to the Almighty Allah to have mercy on the soul exit and residence of expatri- of Sultan Qaboos and to rest it in paradise, and to grant patience and solace to his family. The Father Amir arrived in Oman earlier on ates. The council referred the Monday, where he was greeted by HH Sayyid Fatik bin Fahar al Said, Ambassador of Qatar in Oman HE Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulrahman draft law to the Internal and al Thani, and members of the Qatari embassy. The Father Amir left Muscat after offering condolences. (QNA) PAGE 2 External Affairs Committee for study and to report on it to the council. At its weekly meeting on Monday under the chairman- ship of Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud, the Shura Coun- Iran dailies highlight cil reviewed the memo of the The Shura Council meeting is in progress on Monday. General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers (Cabi- in place an integrated plan to of the Shura Council related to net) regarding the measures develop the Sealine area, im- a draft law on the concession importance of Amir’s taken by the Council of Min- prove the level of traffic safety granted to Qatar Fuel Com- QFC records isters on the Shura Council’s in it and reduce risks of acci- pany (Woqod) for marketing, recommendations related to dents there, while studying the selling, transporting, and dis- 33% growth traffic accidents in Qatar. requirements and the means tributing gas and petroleum Upon the recommenda- necessary to achieve this. products. in 2019 visit, bilateral ties tions of the Shura Council, The committee will sub- The recommendation in- the Cabinet decided to form mit a report and will give its cluded the necessity of unify- THE Qatar Financial Centre QNA the paper added. important decisions about a committee headed by a rep- recommendations to the Min- ing standard specifications to (QFC), one of the world’s lead- TEHRAN Iran’s Financial Tribune boosting bilateral ties, includ- resentative from the Ministry ister of Interior to present the obtain a fuel station licence at ing and fastest growing on- daily said the Amir’s visit to ing the establishment of a joint of Interior with membership report before the Council of the end of the concession pe- shore business and financial IRANIAN English-language Iran came at a difficult time commission to convene annu- of representatives from the Ministers. riod. centres, ended the year on newspapers have highlighted the region is going through, ally, the paper underlined. National Tourism Council, The Shura Council also re- The Shura Council thanked a high note with an unprec- the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim adding that the countries of Financial Tribune also re- the Ministry of Transport and viewed the General Secretariat and appreciated the govern- edented growth of 33 percent bin hamad al Thani’s official the region should make great ferred to the Amir’s statements Communications, the Public of the Council of Ministers’ ment for interest and response in 2019. The number of firms visit to Iran, and the important efforts to reduce current ten- which affirmed that de-escala- Works Authority and Qatar memo regarding the measures to its recommendations and set up to operate out of the talks the Amir held with Irani- sions. tion and dialogue are needed Petroleum. taken by the Council of Minis- appreciated the measures tak- QFC now stands at 816 as of an leaders, especially Iranian to resolve regional crises at a The committee will put ters on the recommendation en in this regard. December 2019. Compared President Dr Hassan Rouhani “sensitive” time. to 612 firms at the beginning and Supreme Leader of Iran Iran’s Financial Tribune said The Iranian daily hailed of the same year, the QFC is Ali Khamenei. the Amir’s visit to Iran came the Amir’s thanks to Iran for well on the way to achieve Referring to Iranian presi- at a difficult time the region its stand on Qatar after the its goal of registering 1,000 dent’s joint press conference is going through, adding blockade and for providing all firms by 2022. PAGE 9 held with the Amir, Tehran that the countries of the facilities to Qatar and the Qa- Cold spell to continue, says QMD Times highlighted rouhani’s region make great efforts to tari people by opening their statement in which he said that airspace and seaports imme- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Celsius in some southern areas,” the QMd Iran has stood and will stand alleviate current tensions diately. DOHA report said. beside Qatar in the future. The Iran Daily highlighted The cloud amount is expected to increase paper quoted Rouhani as say- The daily pointed out Amir’s visit and rouhani’s COLD conditions continued in Qatar on Monday gradually from January 14 evening until the ing “Iran stood beside Qatar that the Amir in his meetings talks with the Amir and said with the minimum temperature plunging to beginning of Wednesday with a chance of scat- and will stand based on its du- with Rouhani and senior Ira- that the potentials of both below 10 degrees Celsius in some southern tered rain and northwesterly fresh to strong ties as a neighbour” affirming nian officials held purposeful countries could contribute to areas of the country, Qatar Meteorology Depart- wind in some areas, it added. the importance Iran attached talks that focused on bilat- regional peace and stability, ment (QMD) has said in a report. The QMD said marine warnings remain in QA launches to its relations with Qatar. eral relations and the ways Rouhani also underlined “Winter weather conditions affecting the effect until Wednesday. It has urged residents Rouhani said the two of enhancing them, as well as that capitalising on the poten- country will continue during the coming days to avoid going to sea as well as to follow latest codeshare with countries have very good re- regional and international de- tial of Iran and Qatar could en- especially at night and early morning with mini- updates through its official social media ac- Deutsche Bahn (P 16) lationship in various areas of velopments. hance bilateral ties in various mum temperatures reaching below 10 degrees counts. economy, science and culture, Rouhani said they made fields,Iran Daily said. TWO VESSELS BRING IN 8,700 TOURISTS Two DFI-granted films earn Oscar nominations Doha Port TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK of Syrian doctor Amani Bal- welcomed cruise DOHA lour who worked in a fortified liners MSC Bel- underground hospital called lissima and MSC TWO films made with Doha ‘the cave’ where she and her Lirica on Monday. Film Institute (DFI) grants — team defied constant bom- The two vessels The Cave and Brotherhood — bardments to save thousands are among the have earned Oscar nominations. of lives during the five-year largest cruise “Congratulations to the siege of eastern Ghouta re- ships operated entire teams of The Cave and gion. by MSC Cruises Brotherhood, two DFI-grant- A press release issued af- which has a total ed films that earned Oscar# ter the nomination describes fleet of 19 ves- noms today! #Qatar #oscars,” The Cave, a Syrian civil war film, has been nominated in the best Brotherhood as telling the sels. Over 8,700 Doha Film Institute (DFI) said documentary feature category, while Brotherhood by Montreal-based “poignant story of a rural passengers and in a tweet. filmmaker Meryam Joobeur won nominations in Best Live Action Tunisian father caught in be- crew disem- The Cave, a Syrian civil Short Film category. tween loyalty to his family and barked at Doha war film directed by Feras his rigid moral principles.” Port to go on Fayyad, has been nominated hood by Montreal-based film- emy Award in the category of This year’s edition of the tours. (TNN) in the best documentary fea- maker Meryam Joobeur has Best Live Action Short Film. Oscars will be held on Febru- ture category, while Brother- been nominated for an Acad- The Cave tells the story ary 9 in Los Angeles. 02 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Ministry detected 160 FATHER AMIR SENDS CONDOLENCES TO SULTAN OF OMAN Ghanem meets violations in Dec 2019 new Kuwaiti, THE Father Amir Chinese military TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK rial decisions governing the Con- HH Sheikh Hamad DOHA sumer Protection Department.