BUSINESS | Page 1 Al Shaqab SPORT | Page 1 horses continue winning run at Morocco Qatalum receives nod from QFMA for IPO horse show published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10976 October 19, 2018 Safar 10, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM, S Korean minister review ties Qatar and In brief Argentina QATAR | Offi cial Amir condoles with to sign 10 Sudan’s president His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of pacts: envoy Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent O Argentina’s energy “It is a dynamic, very fi rm, solid, cables of condolences to Sudanese minister to visit Doha and strong co-operation between Qa- President Omer Hassan al-Bashir tar and Argentina, and we will take all on the death of former president HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday met South Korea’s next month necessary measures to make it more Abdulrahman Mohamed Suwar Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi and her accompanying delegation on the occasion of their visit dynamic and more effi cient,” the envoy al-Dahab. to Doha. During the meeting, they reviewed co-operation between the two countries and ways of developing them in various By Joey Aguilar stressed. fields, in addition to a number of issues of mutual interest. Staff Reporter Besides visa-free entry for Qataris to QATAR | Conference Argentina, an MoU was also signed on the abolition of visa requirements for Next IPU session to be atar and Argentina are set to holders of diplomatic, private and of- held in Doha in April sign 10 memorandums of un- fi cial passports, Hernandez noted. The 139th assembly of the Qderstanding (MoU) before the He said the two countries signed Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) end of this year, covering various fi elds MoUs for co-operation in the fi eld of announced that it will hold its Khashoggi ‘certainly looks’ of bilateral co-operation, Argentin- education, higher education and sci- 140th session in Qatar from April ian ambassador Carlos Hernandez has ence research; agro-industry, live- 6 to 10 next year. HE the Speaker said. stock, and fi sheries; and sports. of the Advisory Council Ahmed Addressing a press conference yes- There was also a “decoration of His bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud to be dead, says Trump terday at Katara – the Cultural Village, Highness the Amir as Illustrious Guest welcomed the decision in his speech the envoy said these MoUs will include of the city of Buenos Aires,” which is at the closing session in Geneva co-operation in ports (Qatar Ports not given automatically to anyone, ac- yesterday. He urged speakers and O President warns of very severe response Management Company – Mwani Qatar cording to Hernandez. delegations of the world parliaments O Mnuchin, European ministers lead list of more no-shows at Saudi conference and the Argentinian Under-Secretariat He said the visit paved the way for to take part in the event and learn of Ports, Waterways and Merchant Ma- the convening of the second joint about the great developments O Turkish investigators widen probe to include three diff erent areas rine) and air transportation. meeting of the Qatari-Argentine Com- witnessed by Qatar. O Saudi consulate searched for second time “We will also sign MoUs for youth, mittee for Economic and Commercial academic (between Qatar University Co-operation to be held in early De- MIDDLE EAST | Judiciary O Rights groups seek UN probe and Buenos Aires University), health, cember. Israeli court overturns strategic centre studies, libraries (Qa- “The committee came into existence Agencies suggest a high-level Saudi role in the the facts,” he said. Only then, Pom- tar National Library and Dr Mariano two years ago and the fi rst meeting took entry ban on US student Washington/Istanbul suspected killing of Khashoggi. Trump peo added, “we can make decisions Moreno National Library of Argentina), place in Doha towards the end of 2016 Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday said, however, it was still “a little bit how or if the United States should re- protection of environment and waste and now is the turn to have a second overturned an entry ban imposed on early” to draw defi nitive conclusions spond.” management co-operation,” he ex- meeting in Buenos Aires, which was a US student over past support for S President Donald Trump about who may have been behind it. Turkish offi cials have said they be- plained. asked by the Qatari side,” Hernandez a pro-Palestinian boycott campaign, yesterday said he presumes Pompeo told reporters after his lieve the Saudi journalist was mur- Civil aviation authorities of Qatar said. “It will tackle point-by-point all court documents said. The three- Ujournalist Jamal Khashoggi is meeting that he advised Trump that dered at the consulate and his body and Argentina will also sign an MoU related to economy, and trade and in- judge panel upheld Lara Alqasem’s dead and that the US response to Saudi Saudi Arabia should be given a few chopped up and removed. for co-operation on air transportation, vestment between the two countries, appeal against the ban, clearing Arabia will likely be “very severe” but more days to complete its investiga- Trump said he was waiting for the which will see a doubling in the number plus new ideas.” the way for the 22-year-old to take that he still wanted to get to the bot- tion into the Khashoggi disappear- results so that “we can get to the bot- of fl ights to Argentina. He expressed optimism that in three her place on a master’s degree tom of what exactly happened. ance. tom of this very soon” and that he Hernandez noted that these MoUs, to four years, Qatar’s investments in programme at Jerusalem’s Hebrew In Istanbul, Turkish investigators “I told President Trump this morn- would be making a statement about it which are under negotiation, form part Argentina will double once the ‘promo- University. The decision to bar her for a second time searched the Saudi ing we ought to give them a few more at some point. of the fi ve other agreements and MoUs tion and protection investments agree- from entry, the court ruled, “was not consulate where Khashoggi – a US days to complete that, so that we too Asked what would be the conse- signed during the recent offi cial visit of ment’, and ‘double taxation avoidance within the bounds of reason and is resident and Washington Post col- have a complete understanding of quences for Saudi Arabia, Trump said: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim agreement’, are ratifi ed (on the Argen- revoked”. umnist who was a strong critic of Sau- “Well, it’ll have to be very severe. I bin Hamad al-Thani to Buenos Aires. tinian side). di Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman mean, it’s bad, bad stuff . But we’ll see The envoy also announced that Ar- ARAB WORLD | Crisis – vanished on October 2, seeking clues what happens.” gentina’s energy minister will be visit- about an incident that has caused an Trump is under pressure, including ing Qatar next month aimed the further UN envoy warns international outcry. from fellow Republicans in Congress, enhancing the two countries trade and Gaza is imploding Trump acknowledged for the fi rst who have said the US must not let investment ties. With its economy in a freefall and time that Khashoggi had likely been Saudi Arabia escape without punish- Qatar Petroleum made a huge invest- tensions rising with Israel, the killed. ment. ment this year related to the exploring Hamas-ruled enclave of Gaza is “It certainly looks that way to me. “Must not accept a strategic alli- on unconventional hydrocarbons by imploding, the UN envoy for the It’s very sad,” Trump told reporters ance with #SaudiArabia which re- acquiring 30% stake in ExxonMobil Middle East warned yesterday. before boarding Air Force One on a po- quires our silence when they butcher Argentina, a company with licences to Nickolay Mladenov delivered the litical trip. He spoke hours after get- a political critic,” Republican Senator explore the reserves. warning to the Security Council a ting an update from Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on Twitter. “We “This is important because it is re- day after Israeli warplanes struck Mike Pompeo on the results of the lat- The Sabah newspaper published must: 1. Hold everyone responsible for lated to the investments of Qatar in the Gaza Strip in retaliation at rocket ter’s emergency talks in Saudi Arabia photographs of a man, identified as #KashoggiMurder accountable; & 2. Argentina in mining and in the shale firings from the Palestinian territory. and Turkey. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, outside the Be clear on what is expected moving oil deposit of Vaca Muerta,” Hernandez “Gaza is imploding. This is not In an interview with the New York Saudi consulate building in Istanbul on forward if they want to preserve our Hernandez speaks at a press said. “Qatar already brought invest- hyperbole. This is not alarmism. It is Times yesterday, Trump also expressed the morning Khashoggi disappeared. alliance.” conference yesterday at Katara. ments there, and the thing is how to be a reality,” Mladenov told the council. confi dence in intelligence reports that Image courtesy of Al Jazeera To Page 9. Business Page 2 PICTURE: Shemeer Rasheed able to increase that.” Qatar gets praise in Khashoggi’s fi nal column Agencies to embody the spirit of the Arab Spring.