BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Al Sadd exude confi dence Demand pushes as they take growth of start-up on Al Nassr industry in Qatar published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11307 September 16, 2019 Muharram 17, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Amir receives credentials of Jordan’s new envoy QATAR | Reaction Qatar condemns bid Qatar builds on Somali PM’s life Qatar has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on Somalia’s Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre. Qatar also strongly condemned capacity to the explosion that took place in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, killing local off icials. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s firm stance deal with on rejecting violence, terrorism and political assassinations regardless of motives and reasons, rejecting these attempts as criminal acts. The statement also stressed the need to prosecute those involved in bioterrorism these acts and bring them to justice. It aff irmed Qatar’s solidarity with workshop that got underway in the 1972 Biological Weapons Conven- the Somali government in all the Doha yesterday comes as part of tion, the fi rst multilateral disarma- measures taken to maintain security A Qatar’s preparations for major ment treaty banning the development, and stability. events, including the 2022 FIFA World production and stockpiling of an entire Cup, in order to prevent, detect and re- category of weapons of mass destruc- QATAR | Confl ict spond to any biological terrorist acts or tion, out of its belief in the importance Israel PM plan to annex threats, an offi cial has said. of achieving international peace and Palestinian lands fl ayed The event aims to build and security. She noted that Qatar was one His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani received at the Amiri Diwan Off ice yesterday credentials strengthen national capacities in Qatar of the fi rst signatories to the agree- of Jordan’s new ambassador to Qatar, Zaid Mufleh al-Lawzi. The Amir welcomed the ambassador and wished him Qatar has renewed its strong to face biological accidents, stressed ment, QNA added. success in his duties and the relations between Qatar and Jordan further development and growth. The ambassador condemnation of Israeli Prime Dr Jameela al-Ajmi, representative of The offi cial praised the eff orts ex- conveyed to the Amir greetings of Jordan’s leader and wishes of further progress and prosperity to the Qatari people. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Hamad Medical Corporation and head erted by the NCPW to activate and Earlier, the ambassador was accorded off icial reception ceremony at the Amiri Diwan. Page 24 announcement of his intentions of the Biological Weapons Convention implement conventions at the national to annex Palestinian land to the (BWC) working group, while deliver- and international levels in the face of occupation. This came in a statement ing the keynote address on the opening threats caused by biological weapons delivered by HE the Minister of State day of the Project Biosafe: Bioterror- to national, regional and international for Foreign Aff airs Sultan bin Saad ism Risks and Controls Workshop. security, referring that these eff orts al-Muraikhi at the extraordinary She also informed that a team of culminated in the promulgation of the meeting of the Council of Foreign specialists to respond to biological dis- Biological Weapons Act No 4 of 2016. Saudi races to restore oil Ministers of OIC member-states in asters at the national level and to re- The committee has also held sev- Jeddah. Page 2 spond to emergencies. eral seminars, workshops and training The workshop has been organised courses with the aim of building na- QATAR | Youth by Qatar’s National Committee for tional capacities and raising awareness Doha Oasis for the Prohibition of Weapons (NCPW), for various segments of society, she supply after drone strikes represented by the Doha regional cen- said. Innovation kicks off tre for training on weapons of mass Dr al-Ajmi stressed that regarding Doha Oasis for Innovation, an event destruction, and the National Central preparedness and crisis management, zAttack halts 5.7mn barrels per day or about 6% of the world’s oil supply dedicated to young people and Bureau (Interpol Doha), the offi cials the committee has formed a national aimed at stimulating youth creativity Qatar News Agency (QNA) reports. team of specialists to respond to bio- in the fields of invention and The event is being held under the Bi- logical disasters at the national level audi Arabia raced yesterday to innovation, kicked off yesterday. The osafe project in co-operation with In- and to respond to emergencies, by tak- restart operations at oil plants event under slogan ‘The Nation With terpol - International Criminal Police ing preventive measures against bio- Shit by drone attacks which its Youth’ runs until September 20. Organisation, and will run for four days. logical attacks and on how to respond slashed its production by half, as Iran The event also aims at developing Dr al-Ajmi said Qatar acceded to to bioterrorism. To Page 3 dismissed US claims it was behind the the spirit of innovation and creativity assault. among the youth. Page 24 Houthi rebels in neighbouring Sports Integrity Summit starts in Doha today Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is ARAB WORLD | Election bogged down in a fi ve-year war, have Karoui, Saied claim The Doha 2019 Inter-regional Sports welcoming and opening speeches for claimed Saturday’s strikes on two ‘victory’ in Tunisia polls Integrity Summit starts today in the summit and a number of sessions plants owned by state giant Aramco. the presence of a large number of including: Qatar: the host of the first But United States Secretary of Independent candidate Kais Saied prominent international personalities, major sport integrity event at the State Mike Pompeo pointed the fi n- and the party of jailed media specialists and decision-makers in regional level; SIGA: teamwork and the ger squarely at Tehran, saying there magnate Nabil Karoui claimed international sports. global goal towards integrity in sports; was no evidence the “unprecedented yesterday to have won through Qatar hosts the Inter-regional Sports session on integrity in sports on the attack on the world’s energy supply” to the second round of Tunisia’s Integrity Summit for the first time in field; and session on global challenges, was launched from Yemen. A satellite image shows an apparent drone strike on an Aramco oil facility in presidential election. “Nabil Karoui is the region. The summit is organised approaches and regional co-operation. “The United States will work with Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. in the second round”, an off icial from by the International Centre for Sport On the second day, the summit will our partners and allies to ensure that his Qalb Tounes party told AFP, while Security (ICSS) and Qatar Airways in discuss a range of themes and issues energy markets remain well supplied Kuwait tightens security by drawing on vast storage facilities Saied said he had come “first in the co-operation with the Sport Integrity and will develop a set of decisions that and Iran is held accountable for its ag- after drone sighted designed to be tapped in times of cri- first round”, citing exit polls. Page 10 Global Alliance (SIGA). will certainly serve global sport in the gression,” the top US diplomat added. sis. The first day’s agenda includes fight against corruption. (QNA) That drew an angry response from Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Riyadh, the world’s top crude ex- Tehran, where a foreign ministry Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah porter, has built fi ve giant under- spokesman said: “Such fruitless and has instructed the country’s ground storage facilities across the blind accusations and remarks are military and security leaders country that can hold tens of millions Reception held for Shanghai dignitaries incomprehensible and meaningless.” to tighten security around vital of barrels of various refi ned petro- The remarks were designed to sites. Kuwait’s Acting Interior leum products. damage Iran’s reputation and provide Minister, Deputy Prime Minister The US response to the attack a pretext for “future actions” against and Minister of State for Cabinet throws into doubt reported eff orts by the Islamic republic, he added. Aff airs Anas al-Saleh revealed Trump to arrange a meeting with Ira- Baghdad, caught between its two that a probe has been launched nian President Hassan Rouhani at the main sponsors – Tehran and Wash- after a drone was detected flying upcoming United Nations assembly. ington – also denied any link to the on the outskirts of Kuwait City, attacks amid media speculation that pointing out that proper security Attacks not launched the drones were launched from Iraq. precautions will be taken in from Yemen: US Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince response. Page 10 Mohamed bin Salman, has said the The scope and precision of attacks kingdom is “willing and able” to re- on Saudi Arabian oil facilities spond to this “terrorist aggression”. The full extent of the damage was suggest the launch was not Instead, the kingdom focused on re- not clear, nor the type of weapons made by Houthis and came from storing production at the plants, as the used. a west-northwest direction, not Saudi bourse slumped 3% as the week’s Saudi interior ministry spokesman south from Yemen, a US off icial trading began yesterday morning. Mansour al-Turki said there were no said yesterday. “There’s no doubt Saturday’s explosions set off fi res casualties in the attacks. that Iran is responsible for this.