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Qatar: UN should play its role against siege Emir sends message to UN Secretary-General New York the Security Council and for the UN Security Council about the QNA & Agencies General Assembly and all the existing violations. “We met with United Nations mechanisms, many officials and explained to mir H H Sheikh Tamim because of course the violations them how this crisis was based bin Hamad Al Thani has have continued,” the foreign min- on weak grounds, a hacking sent a written message ister told reporters after his which in itself is a cyberterror- to the United Nations meeting with Guterres. “We are ism against Qatar,” he said, Secretary-General, seeing from the other side of the adding that the Security Council EAntonio Guterres. The message conflict this stubbornness without and the General Assembly will was handed over by the Attorney even taking any forthcoming step have a special role to play if vio- General H E Dr Ali bin Fetais Al to solve this problem,” he said. lations by the siege countries Marri yesterday, during his meet- “This is the right place where continue. ing with the Secretary- General. we have to start to seek all our The Foreign Minister The Foreign Minister H E options in order to find a legal expressed Qatar’s condemnation Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with United Nations Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul- solution,” said the foreign min- of the actions taken by the Israeli rahman Al Thani, who is in New ister. The Security Council, the occupation forces against the Pal- Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, at the UN Headquarters in New York, yesterday. York, accused Gulf neighbours General Assembly and “all the estinian people in Al Quds as well and Egypt of stubbornness in their United Nations mechanisms” can as its condemnation of any ongoing diplomatic dispute and play a role. actions that undermine the secu- “Qatar has already stated more than ten times that we want to solve said the United Nations should “Qatar has already stated rity of the Al Aqsa Mosque. this issue by dialogue, and we are not willing to escalate, and they need step in to help resolve the crisis. more than ten times that we want The Foreign Minister also met The Foreign Minister met with to solve this issue by dialogue, President of the United Nations to retreat from all their illegal actions,” says Foreign Minister H E Sheikh UN Secretary-General Antonio and we are not willing to esca- General Assembly Peter Thom- Guterres to discuss tensions after late, and they need to retreat from son. He briefed the UN General Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. → See also page 2 Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United all their illegal actions,” he said. Assembly president on the devel- Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties Sheikh Mohammed bin opments of the Gulf crisis and all with Qatar on June 5. Abdulrahman Al Thani said that the measures taken by the siege they constitute serious violations conventions as well as interna- regional allies is the worst to hit “There is a role for State of Qatar has informed the countries against Qatar and how of international treaties and tional law.The crisis between the the Gulf in decades. Al Aqsa facing systematic Israeli aggression: Qatar Petrol to cost less in August Cairo compound for afternoon relevant UN Security Council, QNA & Agencies prayers yesterday for the first stirs Arab and Muslim emotions, THE MINISTRY of Energy time in two weeks, ending a and represents a fierce war and Industry has decided atar’s Minister of State for boycott after Israel removed against the Palestinian people. to reduce the price of pre- Foreign Affairs H E Sul- controversial new security He added that Israel, the mium and super grade Qtan bin Saad Al Muraikhi measures. Clashes erupted as occupying power, is striving to petrol in August. The Min- said that the occupied city of Al thousands of worshippers change the historical reality in istry announced on its Quds in general and Al Aqsa entered to end a boycott of the the Holy Mosque by installing website that price for pre- Mosque in particular are facing compound. The Palestinian Red metal detector gates in a danger- mium and super grade an unprecedented and system- Crescent reported around 100 ous precedent that has not petrol will be cut by 5 atic Israeli aggression. He was people wounded. happened for nearly half a cen- dirhams. The price of die- speaking at the emergency meet- Al Muraikhi stressed that the tury, especially since the terrorist sel will remain the same ing of Arab foreign minister held Israeli government’s campaign crime of burning Al-Aqsa Mosque as that of July. in Cairo yesterday. The meeting to Judaise the city and close Al in 1969, a matter which would According to the new discussed the latest Israeli Aqsa Mosque in the face of wor- lead to a very serious escalation price list issued by the attacks and actions against the shipers and its attempt to impose and serious consequences and fuel Ministry, premium grade Palestinians gather inside the compound of Al Aqsa Mosque, city of Al Quds and Al Aqsa a new reality in the holy city vio- religious war in the region. petrol will cost QR1.50 Mosque. lates all international laws and from August, which is 5 after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at Meanwhile, thousands of norms, violates the resolutions → Continued on page 3 dirhams less than July the compound, in Jerusalem’s Old City, yesterday. → See also pages 2&9 worshippers streamed into the of the United Nations and the price. Super will cost QR1.60 in August, a five- dirham reduction from July price. Diesel will cost Major fall in Hepatitis C Plan to allot more land to productive farms QR1.50, the same as in July. cases in Qatar Raynald C Rivera Al Jazeera to fight The Peninsula The Peninsula any bid to shut its he prevalence of hepatitis C has he Ministry of Municipality and reduced significantly in Qatar, accord- Environment has plans to expand Jerusalem office Ting to an early screening campaign for Tcultivated land of local farmers, the disease conducted by the Ministry of Minister of Municipality and Environ- THE QATAR-BASED Public Health (MoPH) jointly with the Pri- ment, H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al AlJazeera news outlet vowed mary Health Care Corporation (PHCC). Rumaihi has said. a legal fight against Israel if The screening included more than “We are thinking of increasing those Prime Minister Benjamin 7,600 people. The prevalence of hepatitis productive farms that provide produce Netanyahu pursued plans to C is 0.8 percent among the entire popula- to the market. We will give them more shut its office in Jerusalem, tion of Qatar, with only 0.25 percent among space suitable to their programmes,” said and it also accused him of Qataris. According to World Health Organ- Al Rumaihi, responding to a question supporting a regional block- ization, Qatar is also classified as a from local media on the sidelines of the ade of Qatar. low-burden type B hepatitis, with a prev- opening of the second Local Dates Fes- Netanyahu said on alence rate of less than two percent. tival yesterday at Souq Waqif. Minister of Municipality and Environment, H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Wednesday he would work Several hepatitis C positive cases found Farm owners have to present feasi- Rumaihi, visiting the stalls after inaugurating the second Local Date Festival to shut the network’s office, during the screening were transferred to bility studies and defend their ideas to at Souq Waqif, yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula accusing it of inciting recent Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and avail of land expansion in addition to violence in Jerusalem. treated with the latest and most effective med- other services of the Ministry, he added. market. We have a special programme Development Bank on this ical drugs known as ‘direct antiviral drugs.’ “It’s not just a piece of land that we even for the young farmers,” the Minis- programme. Ali Shareef Al Emadi: give but mostly technology and advice ter explained, adding the Agricultural End the unwarranted blockade » → Continued on page 2 to increase their production for the Affairs Department is working with Qatar → Continued on page 2 against Qatar Page: 8 02 HOME FRIDAY 28 JULY 2017 Foreign Minister meets UN General Assembly President Turkish troops Shura Council in Qatar due to pre-crisis deal: Speaker blasts Ambassador Washington Israeli occupation QNA atar’s Ambassador to Rabat the United States, H E QNA QSheikh Meshal bin Israel has continued Hamad Al Thani said that peaker of the Advisory to expand and deploying Turkish troops in (Shura) Council, H E Judaise the Qatar was according to an Mohammed bin Palestinian occupied agreement that was signed Mubarak Al Khulaifi, long before the imposed siege yesterday stressed that territories taking on Qatar, stressing that he is SIsrael as an occupying state of advantage of not worried about the possi- the Arab lands has underesti- the weakness of bility of a military mated over seven decades solidarity and unity of confrontation in the region.