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TUESDAY 7 JULY 2015 • 20 Ramadan 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6484 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets UAE Deputy Premier Disputes over Advisory Council nod for missiles, arms embargo hold draft sponsorship law up Iran talks Special committee to solve exit permit disputes VIENNA: A dispute over UN sanctions on Iran’s ballistic mis- DOHA: The Advisory Council sile programme and a broader yesterday unanimously arms embargo were among approved the draft law regulat- Health ministry denies issues holding up a nuclear ing the entry, exit and residence deal between Tehran and six of expatriate workers, with pro- world powers yesterday, the day posals for amendments in some reports on Seha misuse before their latest self-imposed key provisions related to spon- deadline. sorship change and exit permit. DOHA: The Ministry of Health has rubbished reports about “The Iranians want the ballistic The proposals will be forwarded billions of riyals being wasted under implementation national missile sanctions lifted. They say to State Cabinet. health insurance scheme for citizens (Seha). According to offi- there is no reason to connect it The Council’s Internal and cials the bills paid by Seha to the hospitals so far is only QR700m, with the nuclear issue, a view that External Committee which was reports Al Sharq. is difficult to accept,” one Western assigned to study the draft law Giving details to the advisory council, the officials said currently official said. “There’s no appetite held a series of discussions last the premium cost per person is around QR11,700 per annum which for that on our part.” week in the presence of senior gives a coverage of QR1m. For expatriates blue collar workers, the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the UAE Deputy Prime Iranian and other Western government officials including premium is expected to be 2,600 while for other employees it is Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed officials confirmed this view. the Prime Minister and Interior expected to be QR7,000. The National Health Insurance Company Al Nahyan at Al Bahr Palace yesterday. The foreign ministers of the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah has announced to cover expatriates employees and workers in Seha six powers — Britain, China, bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani scheme by the end of next year. France, Germany, Russia and the and Minister of Labour and Social There were reports in media about private hospital looting the United States — met yesterday Affairs H E Dr Abdullah Saleh government by exorbitantly raising the charges for their medical with Iranian Foreign Minister Mubarak Al Khulaifi. services for Qataris under the free, mandatory scheme Seha. Yemen talks in doubt Mohamed Javad Zarif — and were It emerged during discussions Denying the reports, the officials told advisory council that these expected to meet again soon — to with the Prime Minister that a rumors are being spread by insurance companies who lost the bid- try to strike a deal today. “The special committee will be set up ding process. Seha had invited bids for running health insurance Western side insists that not only at the Ministry of Interior to service in which five companies participated and Al Khaleej Takaful as air strikes kill 100 should it (Iran’s ballistic missile decide on disputes related to exit Group emerged as a winner. programme) remain under sanc- permits. Continued on page 3 DUBAI/ADEN: Nearly 100 exiled President Abdrabuh tions, but that Iran should sus- The procedures for sponsorship THE PENINSULA people were killed yesterday in Mansur Hadi. pend its programme as well,” an change would remain as it is and air strikes across Yemen, the The Saba news agency said 54 Iranian official said. “But Iran is a mutual agreement between the Houthi-run state news agency people had been killed in a series insisting on its rights and says all employer and the employee would amendment proposed by the Article 21 says that the worker reported, as a Saudi-led coali- of raids in the Amran province, the sanctions, including on the be required for changing jobs, Al Council, the worker should first can change job after completing tion stepped up attacks that are north of the capital Sanaa, includ- ballistic missiles, should be lifted Sharq reported. inform his employer and if the the contract period or after five likely to weigh on efforts to bro- ing 40 who had been shopping at when the UN sanctions are lifted.” The Advisory Council sought employer refused to grant exit years, if he has an open contract. ker a humanitarian truce. a market in an area called Lower Separately, a senior Iranian amendments mainly two articles permit, he can approach the The Council recommended that The UN has been pushing for a Joub in the Eyal Yazeed district. official told reporters in Vienna of the draft law- 7 and 21. grievance committee to be set up the worker be released only after halt to the air strikes and fighting It said a number of women and on condition of anonymity that Article 7 says that expatri- at the Ministry of Interior. The serving the employer double the that have killed nearly 3,000 peo- children were among the dead. Tehran wanted a United Nations ate workers should inform the committee can issue exit permit contract period or after 10 years ple in Yemen since March when Saba said Saudi-led war planes arms embargo terminated as well. authorities concerned (Ministry to the worker in case of emer- in the case of open contracts. the Saudi-led coalition inter- had also killed more than 40 peo- A senior Western diplomat said a of Interior) three days before gency and based on the genuine- Continued on page 5 vened against the Iranian-backed ple in a raid on a livestock market removal was “out of the question”. leaving the country. As per the ness of his case. THE PENINSULA Houthi forces to try to restore in al-Foyoush. REUTERS REUTERS Dust storm lashes Qatar Ministry recalls Mercedes-Benz Oil prices sink on A-Class Model Iran, Greece woes DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce yes- terday announced a recall order NEW YORK: Oil prices suf- the first time since mid-April. of Mercedes Benz A Class model fered their biggest selloff in five “With the number of bearish 2014 due to some defects in the months yesterday, falling as elements weighing on the market cooling system. much as 8 percent as Greece’s now, the only support has been The recall campaign has been rejection of debt bailout terms the seasonal demand in gasoline, launched in collaboration with and China’s stock market woes and even that will be going away Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles, set off a deepening spiral of soon,” said John Kilduff, partner dealer of Mercedes-Benz cars, to losses. at New York energy hedge fund protect the consumers’ rights. Adding to the pressure on oil, Again Capital. The Ministry will follow up the Iran and global powers were try- US crude settled at $52.53 a issue and keep in touch with the ing to meet a July 7 deadline on barrel, down $4.40 or 7.7 percent, customers to make sure that the a nuclear deal, which could bring from its settlement on Thursday cars are recalled and repaired. more supply to the market if and below the 100-day moving QNA sanctions on Tehran are eased. average. It was the biggest per- A slump that began last week centage drop in a day for US gathered pace through the ses- crude since early February, and sion, taking four-day losses to more downside momentum could more than 10 percent, the largest push it to test the six-year low of rout since early January, as weeks $42.03 set in mid-March, techni- of range-bound trading abruptly cal analysts said. ended. Brent settled down $3.78, or 6.3 Date palm trees swaying in the duststorm on D-Ring, Doha, yesterday. The Qatar Meteorology Department Global Brent prices collapsed percent, at $56.54, also below the has warned of strong winds today and poor visibility. SALIM MATRAMKOT below the $60 a barrel mark for 100-day average. REUTERS RAMADAN TIMING Ramadan Today’s Iftar: Greek FM quits to help bailout talks QUIZ 06:31pm Answer a Simple Question ATHENS/FRANKFURT: emergency summit of eurozone casual style and indignant lectures. a last-ditch compromise with Win a Gold Coin everyday Tomorrow’s Imsak: Greece’s combative finance leaders today, a Greek official He had campaigned for Sunday’s European leaders. See page 15 03:11am minister resigned yesterday, said. It was unclear how much it ‘No’ vote, accusing Greece’ credi- The chief negotiator in aid removing one major obstacle to would differ from other proposals tors of “terrorism”. “I was made talks with international credi- any deal to keep Athens in the rejected in the past. aware of a certain ‘preference’ tors, Euclid Tsakalotos, a soft- eurozone after Greeks voted Gloomy officials in Brussels and by some Eurogroup participants, spoken academic economist, was resoundingly to back the gov- Berlin said a Greek exit from the and assorted ‘partners’, for my... appointed finance minister. ernment in rejecting the aus- currency area now looked ever ‘absence’ from its meetings; an Greece’s political leaders, more terity terms of a bailout.