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Qatari Team's US Tour Promotes Economic Ties BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 Qatargas delivers QSL: Al Gharafa first LNG cargo to secure top Pavilion Gas four finish Monday 9 April 2018 | 23 Rajab I 1439 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 23 | Number 7491 | 2 Riyals Freedom to use data with Bill Protection! Terms & conditions apply Qatar calls for urgent Qatari team’s US international probe into Syria chemical tour promotes weapons use QNA economic ties DOHA: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian The exhibition a great opportunity regime in the eastern city of to introduce Qatari heritage and Douma, calling for an urgent international investigation and development in Miami. bringing the war criminals in Syria to international justice. Qatar Exchange to hold a series of The Foreign Ministry said meetings with US stock exchanges and in a statement yesterday, that the State of Qatar’s feeling of buyers of major investment funds. deep shock at this horrific Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Chair crime that shook the con- of the Human Rights Committee of the European Parliament, Antonio Panzeri, yesterday. They reviewed science of humanity and Miami City looking to establish strong cooperation between the State of Qatar and the European Union and ways to strengthen them, especially partnerships with Doha. stressed the impunity of war in the field of human rights. They also discussed the current challenges facing the region. criminals in Syria has led to their continued perpetration of further violations and THE PENINSULA exhibition associated with Top European rights official hails atrocities and undermined Qatar’s ongoing economic tour efforts to achieve justice and DOHA: Qatar’s economic tour in the United States, which redress for the victims. in the United States, which was held in Miami, Florida Qatar’s reforms in human rights It stressed that any political includes four states, is the right over two days, highlighted the solution in Syria will not lead to a THE PENINSULA step towards further promoting importance of the exhibition has been achieved and what will promotion of human rights. successful and sustainable the economic relations and in reaching to the local com- be done in the future, allowing Meanwhile, the Chair of the outcome without punishing those establishing partnerships munities in the American DOHA: Chair of the Human the possibility of complaints and Human Rights Committee of the who are involved in the com- between the Qatari and US cities. Rights Committee of the grievances to be presented to European Parliament noted that mission of these terrible crimes. It business communities, said The exhibition highlighted European Parliament, Antonio the courts, “ Panzeri said at a his visit to Qatar enabled him to described the silence as a stain on Rashid Al Mansouri, CEO of the heritage and culture of Panzeri, has praised the reforms press conference yesterday. listen directly to the victims of the forehead of humanity. Qatar Exchange. Qatar and its leading economic made by the State of Qatar in “We encourage Qatar to con- the siege and to the testimonies Syrian activist groups said Al Mansouri noted that position in the region, QNA the promotion of human rights, tinue these reforms and we very of those affected by it. yesterday that a suspected there is cooperation and coor- reported. stressing that this approach will much welcome the partnership Panzeri stressed that the policy chemical attack by the Syrian dination between Qatar Al Mansouri noted that the strengthen the position of the agreement between the Ministry of the siege, whatever its causes and regime on the city of Douma Exchange and US stock confidence in the Qatari State in any forum on human of Administrative Development, types, has its negative impacts on have killed at least 70 people, exchanges and financial insti- economy has positively rights at the international level. Labor and Social Affairs and the people and affect human rights, The White Helmets tutions, adding that a series of reflected on Qatar Exchange, “During our visit to the State International Labor Organization, therefore it is incumbent to expose posted on their official twitter meetings will be held with US highlighting the significance of of Qatar at the invitation of the which is positive,” Panzeri added. the destructive effects of any vio- account images of the city stock exchanges and buyers of the current economic tour in National Human Rights Com- Panzeri also welcomed lations of these rights to the public and its people in the wake of major investment funds in the this regard. mittee, we have seen positive Qatar’s accession to several opinion. the attack. United States. developments in the field of international conventions Participants in the →CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 human rights in terms of what related to the protection and →CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 →SEE ALSO PAGE 8&9 02 HOME MONDAY 9 APRIL 2018 Al Rumaihi, University of Arizona team talk plans Speaker of the Advisory Council H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud with a delegation Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi met with a from the Italian Republic, yesterday. delegation from the University of Arizona, US, in his office yesterday. They discussed ways to enhance the cooperation between the Ministry of Municipality and Environment and the University of Arizona to provide training for the employees of the Ministry and conduct scientific research for the Ministry Qatar-Italy talks to specially in the area of food safety and food security. Al Hammadi meets Vice-Minister of Panama develop ties further Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr Ahmed bin THE PENINSULA discussed a number of issues of of Qatar in different fields. They Hassan Al Hammadi met joint interest. also highlighted their support yesterday with Vice-Minister DOHA: Speaker of the Advisory The Speaker of the Advisory to all diplomatic efforts aiming of Multilateral Affairs of Council H E Ahmed bin Council discussed the economic to resolve the GCC crisis the Ministry of Foreign Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud and legislative developments through dialogue, in order to Affairs of Panama, Maria met with a delegation from the of the State of Qatar under the see a return to harmony and Luisa Navaro. The meeting Italian Republic that included leadership of Emir H H Sheikh agreement in the region. They discussed bilateral relations Senior Director of European Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. added that they look forward and ways of supporting and Affairs at The Aspen Institute, The Speaker also discussed to developing Qatari-Italian ties developing them, in addition Dr Marta Dassu, and Adviser of the unjust blockade enforced further in the future. to discussing issues of joint the Italian Prime Minister, on the country and how it rep- The meeting was attended interest. Franco Bassanini. resents a violation to interna- by members of the Advisory They discussed bilateral tional law and good Council, Saqr bin Fahd Saqr Al relations and the means to neighbourliness. Muraikhi and Mohammed bin enhance them in different The Italian delegation for Ali Al Henzab, as well as Italy’s fields, particularly parlia- their part praised the develop- Ambassador to Qatar, Pasquale mentary ones. They also mental renaissance of the State Salzano. 1,932 new firms registered in March THE PENINSULA NHRC chief, Italian official list of the most registered activ- goods ranked third by 12 ities with 5,951 registrations in percent, electrical and electronic DOHA: A total of 1,932 new this sector, in addition to 1,011 equipment and accessories explore cooperation companies were registered in for commercial activities on gro- came fourth by 10 percent and THE PENIINSULA March 2018, said the Ministry of ceries and supplying. The Min- restaurants, cafeterias and ice Economy and Commerce. istry also issued 1,073 trade reg- cream shops came fifth with 8 According to the Ministry’s isters for trading in public goods, percent. As for the transactions DOHA: Chairman of the National Business Progress Report on the and 1,629 others for con- conducted in the external Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Commerce Sector for March struction materials trading. branches of the ministry during H E Dr. Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri 2018, the number of new major According to the report, the March, there were 35,215 met here yesterday with Adviser business records reached 1,525, number of commercial licenses transactions. of the Italian Prime Minister while the number of new sub- issued, modified or renewed In the field of Intellectual Franco Bassanini. registries reached 407 records. during December was 7,811, the Property Rights, the report During the meeting, they dis- Limited liability companies number of licenses issued by the pointed out that the number of cussed means of cooperation on accounted for 62 percent of the Ministry reached 1,498 licenses, new patent applications last issues of mutual concern and acti- major business registers, while while 869 licenses were March reached 52 applications, vating mechanisms for exchanging the category of single owner amended, and 5,444 licenses and 239 patent applications experiences and expertise in limited liability companies in were renewed. have been renewed. human rights issues. second place with 26 percent, For the number of com- The number of trademark The meeting was attended by and the individual institution panies closed during last March, applications registered last Italian Ambassador to the State of came in third place with 11 construction companies topped month was 22, in addition to 46 Qatar Pasquale Salzano and percent, reported QNA. 50 percent, the trade in building certificates issued in the field of NHRC Chairman H E Dr Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri with the Adviser former Vice President of the During last month, con- materials came second by 20 copyright and neighbouring of the Italian Prime Minister, Franco Bassanini, yesterday Italian Senate Linda Lanzillotta.
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