BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 8 Sheikh Mohamed’s Teppal wins Group 1 at Dollar may stabilise further in 2018: QNB Longchamp published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10818 May 14, 2018 Sha’baan 28, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir gets letter from Ethiopian PM Mesaimeer In brief Pump Station QATAR | Visit Somali president arrives in Doha Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi works start Farmajo arrived in Doha yesterday for an off icial visit to Qatar. He and sustainable solution for surface The project is scheduled to be com- his accompanying delegation were and storm water discharge into pleted in the last quarter of 2021 with welcomed upon arrival at Hamad Athe sea to prevent fl ooding of tun- a maintenance and operation period of International Airport by HE the Minister nels has become one step closer with the three years. It is a joint venture of Ha- of Transport and Communications start of the QR920mn Mesaimeer Pump mad Bin Khalid Contracting Company Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti. Page 7 Station and Outfall Tunnel projects. and Porr Qatar Construction Company. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has received a written message from Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ashghal president Saad bin Ahmad The project management services QATAR | Offi cial Ahmed, pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them. The message was handed over by al-Muhannadi inaugurated the works, has been assigned to Mott MacDon- Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu during a meeting with His Highness the Amir at his Amiri Diwan off ice yesterday. which include the construction of a ald Ltd. which will oversee the design, Amir congratulates station with 10 pumps and auxiliary implementation and operation of the Lebanese president facilities. The station will be located project. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim at the end of Mesaimeer Tunnel, south Mesaimeer Tunnel is one of the bin Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday a of Hamad International Airport. The projects implemented by Ashghal in cable of congratulations to Lebanese project also includes the construction the development of drainage networks. President General Michel Aoun US to off er N Korea security, investment of a 10km tunnel of 3.7m diameter. Last year the project won the global on the occasion of the successful Mesaimeer Pump Station and Out- best project award in the wastewater parliamentary elections held recently AFP But both countries have been on “We will have to provide security as- fall Tunnel is the second phase of the category, during the Engineering News in Lebanon, wishing him good health Washington charm off ensives ahead of the summit surances, to be sure,” Pompeo said on Mesaimeer Surface and Ground Wa- Record Global Best Projects Awards and happiness and the brotherly June 12 in Singapore between Donald Fox News . ter Drainage Tunnel Project, meant to in New York City, in the presence of a Lebanese people further progress and Trump and Kim Jong-un, the fi rst ever Pompeo dangled the prospect of augment surface and storm water dis- group of the largest international com- prosperity. His Highness the Deputy he United States is prepared to between a sitting US president and a a gusher of US investment in North charge. panies executing mega construction Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad off er North Korea security as- North Korean leader. Korea, with upgrades in energy, infra- The pumping station, to be operated projects. al-Thani also sent similar cable to Tsurances and bountiful private On Saturday, North Korea said it structure, technology and agriculture, at a capacity of 19.7cu m per second, is The tunnel extends below the G- President Aoun. investment if it makes the strategic will destroy its nuclear test site later if a deal is struck. being built to pump water from Me- Ring Road for 10km with a depth of choice to give up its nuclear weapons, this month – a gesture Trump quickly “This will be Americans coming in... saimeer Tunnel, built in 2016, to the about 30m below the ground surface. QATAR | Offi cial US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hailed as “very smart and gracious.” to help build out the energy grid – they new outfall tunnel. This main tunnel is linked to the ex- pledged yesterday. Pompeo, who has met twice with need enormous amounts of electricity in The project is designed to ensure isting and planned drainage networks Cables of condolences The US price for normalisation – Kim, described him as well-informed North Korea; to work with them to devel- the preservation of the marine envi- in the areas that traverse through, to Cyprus leader complete, verifi able and irreversible and attuned to western media cover- op infrastructure, all the things that the ronment, as the water, which will be and will collect and discharge surface His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim denuclearisation – is one Pyongyang age, a leader “who knows his brief” and North Korean people need, the capac- pumped complies with the environ- water from about 170sq km of catch- bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the has never before been willing to pay, what he wants to achieve. ity for American agriculture to support mental assessment standards, and dis- ment area, as it is connected to rain Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin seeing nuclear weapons as the ultimate The secretary said he was “con- North Korea so they can eat meat and charged 10km off shore to reduce the water drainage networks in 22 tun- Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime guarantee of the regime’s survival. vinced” Kim shared US goals. have healthy lives,” he said. Page 14 eff ect on the marine environment. nels. Page 10 Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent cables of condolences to the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, on the death of his mother. QATAR | Reaction Attacks in Indonesia and Paris condemned Qatar strongly condemned the attacks that targeted three churches in Qatar Chamber off icials at the meeting. Indonesia, leaving several dead and injured. It also condemned the attack in Paris, where one person was killed and a number of people were injured. Qatar also strongly condemned the attack Fair prices urged for on a government building in Jalalabad. In statements issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s firm position on rejecting local farm produce violence and terrorism, regardless of the motives and reasons. It stressed Qatar’s total rejection to targeting the atar Chamber’s Committee on the compulsory pricing for two months places of worship and intimidating the Food Security and Environment to examine its impact. civilians. The ministry expressed shock Qhas affi rmed the importance of They also emphasised the impor- at the Paris attack, and aff irmed its full setting fair prices for Qatari agricultural tance of assisting farms to produce solidarity with the French government products to protect local products and permanently by providing the country in all measures taken to maintain encourage farm owners to increase pro- with support for green-houses, while security and stability. duction and achieve self-suffi ciency. benefi ting from regional and interna- At a meeting, attended by repre- tional expertise in this fi eld. REGION | Ceremony sentatives of a number of government The committee recommended that agencies, as well as representatives of producers, importers, and outlets Kuwaiti Amir honoured retail outlets, retailers, farm owners should join hands to provide fair prices for promoting peace and producers, the committee focused for local products. It also affi rmed the Qatar participated in a ceremony on prices of agricultural products and importance of issuing legislation that honouring of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh mechanisms of protecting local prod- regulates the country’s production of Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah for ucts and consumers. agriculture and fi sheries, while taking his peace and humanitarian eff orts in The participants of the meeting sug- into account the global and regional the peace forum, which was held at gested the establishment of a market- experience. the headquarters of the Arab League ing company to promote, prepare, and The attendees suggested the estab- General Secretariat in Cairo, following sell local products to consumer com- lishment of a farmers’ association to the initiative of Women’s Institute for plexes and outlets. regulate the market and distribute roles Development and Peace in Kuwait. They proposed the cancellation of among farm owners. Abadi set to be re-elected for a second term AFP set to be re-elected for a second term, Marching Towards Reform — had won Baghdad several senior political fi gures told some 51 seats. AFP. Third place was taken by the Con- Abadi’s Victory Alliance list was fol- quest Alliance, made up of former raqi Prime Minister Haider al- lowed by the anti-establishment alli- fi ghters of the mostly Shia Hashed al- Abadi’s list is in the lead following ance of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and Shaabi paramilitary units which played ISaturday’s parliamentary elections, the communists, who for three years a key role in fi ghting the Islamic State according to preliminary results yes- have protested each week against cor- group. terday detailed by offi cials. ruption and for an overhaul of the po- Led by former commander Hadi al- With about 60 lawmakers elected litical class. Ameri, the group has won around 30 to the 329-seat parliament, Abadi was Political sources said that alliance — seats, the offi cials said. Page 11 Gulf Times 2 Monday, May 14, 2018 QATAR Amir meets CEO of Chevron Corporation MoI carried out over OFFICIAL Consumer 22mn transactions in protection law amended fi rst quarter of 2018 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday issued Law No 7 of he Ministry of Inte- and through e-government sys- istered in the fi rst quarter was 2018 on the amendment of some rior (MoI) carried out tems.