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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 18 Sport | 22 A United Nations Gulf stock markets Russian Athletics delegation visited consolidated yesterday Federation chief Valentin Qatar Red Crescent after seesawing in line Balakhnichev confirmed headquarters to with oil prices over the his resignation from the enhance cooperation. last few days. post yesterday. WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2015 • 29 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6345 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Owners may Emir meets Saudi King keep existing A/Cs: Official Traders to be allowed to sell old stocks BY MOHAMMED OSMAN are using now. They can continue to use them as long as they want. DOHA: People will not be asked However, if people want to buy to dispose of their air condi- new A/Cs after the ban is fully tioners when the proposed ban implemented, they will not find on conventional A/Cs is finally the conventional ones in the mar- imposed, a senior official of the ket,” he added. Ministry of Environment has He said the decision to phase clarified. out the conventional A/Cs was They can continue to use their taken in September 2013 but was old A/Cs but will not find a con- withheld following a request from ventional product in the market if suppliers and traders. It has been they want to buy a new one. further delayed for another six Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al months. Kuwari, assistant undersecre- He said yesterday’s was a pre- tary for standards and specifica- liminary announcement about Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia tions at the Ministry said that his implementation of the ban and a in Riyadh yesterday. Also seen are Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Foreign Minister H E reported statement on Monday final decision is yet to be taken. Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah. Report on page 2 about a decision to phase out all “We have made a detailed study conventional air conditioners in on the issue and the decision will six months had created some con- be implemented in a way that fusion among the public. does not harm the interests of The report carried by sev- the people nor disrupt their daily eral local newspapers including lives,” said Al Kuwari. Meeting in Riyadh to discuss IS war The Peninsula quoted Al Kuwari He said the ministry is going as saying that conventional air ahead with plans to phase out all RIYADH: Military chiefs from of information” and a chance deployed fighter jets in the king- The Pentagon announced last conditioners will be replaced by conventional A/Cs from the mar- around the world will gather for co-ordination, rather than a dom to support the anti-IS air month that the first of nearly energy-saving and environment ket by September. in the Saudi capital today to forum for major decisions. campaign. 1,000 US military personnel would friendly A/Cs by September this However, traders will be assess the battle against Islamic The talks among defence chiefs Also Monday, the state news soon begin deploying to Saudi year. allowed to dispose of their old State extremists, diplomatic and their deputies coincide with agency in the United Arab Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. “We have received different stocks, even after the ban comes sources said. the rise of IS in Libya, which has Emirates said its Jordanian-based They will train moderate types of reactions to the report. into force. The two-day meeting, a fol- heightened concerns in the region warplanes hit oil refineries run by Syrian rebels to take on IS. Some people went to the extent “We have taken all the issues lowup to earlier talks, will after the group seized parts of the jihadists. Among Western nations, of saying that the country is going into consideration. We in col- gather “all the countries that are Iraq and Syria last year. The same day, Egypt carried Australia, Belgium, Britain, back to the old era when there laboration with Kahramaa have involved” in the United States- Arab states have intensified out its first announced military Canada, Denmark, France and were no air conditioners. Some talked to suppliers and manufac- led fight against IS, including Gulf their bombing of IS targets since action against IS in Libya, after the Netherlands have carried expressed fears that we will go tures to provide the market with nations, one of the sources said. the jihadists in early February the militants released a video out air strikes against IS in Iraq, and knock at every door to check sufficient quantities of air condi- “I think it’ll be sort of a gen- claimed to have burned alive showing the beheading of 21 alongside the United States. their air conditioners,” Al Kuwari tions meeting the new specifica- eral appraisal of where we’re at, the Jordanian fighter pilot Maaz Egyptian Coptic Christians. Germany said in December it told this daily last evening. tions. A few stocks are already what needs to be done,” added the Al Kassasbeh, whose plane went Regional powerhouse Saudi would send about 100 soldiers to “All these fears are base- available,” he said. source, who asked for anonymity. down over Syria last year. Arabia has since September been northern Iraq to train Kurdish less. We will not ask anyone to Continued on page 4 Another diplomatic source said Jordan’s information minis- participating in the air strikes peshmerga fighters battling the replace the air conditioners they THE PENINSULA the meeting is “more an exchange ter on Monday said Bahrain had against IS in Syria. extremists. AFP INSIDE Page 9 Sheikha Moza opens Saudi Arabia leads the way for GCC world health summit By Jaber Al Harami BY FAZEENA SALEEM Salma of Morocco, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, and Princess Gulf states should DOHA: The second World Ghida Talal of Jordan. “Health care not help those who Innovation Summit for Health and health care access go to the heart opened here yesterday to dis- of human rights. We cannot overcome are ungrateful cuss new solutions to global health our health care challenges unless we By Dr Mohammed challenges. begin to invest in solutions that link Saleh Al Misfer The summit, opened by H H health and education, as they are Sheikha Moza bint Nasser at the intrinsically connected. Innovation Qatar National Convention Centre, in education lead us to innovation in will discuss advanced care for illnesses health. It is our wish to promote the like cancer and diabetes, and also take causes of both access to basic primary Egypt calls for UN up children’s mental health problems. education and universal health cover- In her welcome speech, Sheikha Moza age,” Sheikha Moza said. intervention in Libya praised experts for their commitment to “Providing basic health care for uncovering vital new solutions to some all is not the only concern we share CAIRO: Egypt called yesterday of the world’s biggest health crises. More globally. Collective challenges include for UN-backed international than 1,000 world leaders, policy mak- the emergence of new and serious epi- intervention in Libya after ers and health care experts including demics such as Ebola. These illnesses, launching air strikes on Islamic Prime Minister and Interior Minister stemming from unconventional ori- State targets in retaliation for H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser gins, are outside our traditional health the jihadist group’s beheading of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2015. She bin Khalifa Al Thani attended the care concerns,” she added. Egyptian Christians. said: “It is our belief that the people of Qatar deserve excellent care here at home. For Qatar, WISH makes two-day event. Continued on page 3 The matter will be taken up an important contribution to improving our health system.” (AL-BAKER) Also present were Princess Lalla THE PENINSULA by the UN Security Council today after a request by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said “there is no choice” but to create a global coalition to con- front the extremists in Libya, in 22 schools in Qatar to give power conservation lessons an interview aired by France’s Europe 1 radio. Shoukry was in DOHA: Qatar, a country with schools are being involved in opportunities for conservation. record 12,000 megawatt to meet being waged in the 22 schools is New York seeking backing from high per capita usage of precious energy efficiency initiatives and The idea is to engage not only increasing demand by 2022, when known as T22 (T from the Arabic the Security Council for military utilities, is launching energy more schools are to be roped in students but also teachers and the coveted FIFA World Cup is to word ‘Tarsheed’, which means intervention and to demand “full and water conservation efforts as part of the initiative. parents and other members of be held here, Qatar is accelerating conservation, and 22 refers to the support” against the jihadists, a at grassroots level by making it An energy audit of the 22 the society. efforts at conservation, too. number of schools). ministry spokesman said. AFP part of school curriculum. schools is on to assess their As the country’s electricity The Phase I campaign of elec- Continued on page 6 See also page 7 To begin with, some 22 primary usage of utilities and to identify production is tipped to reach a tricity and water conservation THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir visits Saudi leaders RIYADH: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and discussed regional developments and exchanged views on all that could achieve regional stability and peace as well as latest international developments.

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