BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Pakistan thrash sorry INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 3-10, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Qatar Airways REGION 10 BUSINESS 1-6, 9-12 England to to unveil its fi rst 21,375.48 9,189.98 44.77 ARAB WORLD 10, 11 CLASSIFIED 7-9 +48.01 +94.53 -1.69 INTERNATIONAL 12–25 SPORTS 1–8 ‘Qsuite’-fi tted aircraft reach fi nal +0.22% +1.04% -3.64% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10485 June 15, 2017 Ramadan 20, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Turkish ministers Blockade In brief violates QATAR | Diplomacy FM discusses crisis with Turkish minister HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met yesterday at his Al Bahr Palace off ice with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Cavusoglu and Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci. The meeting discussed developments of the Gulf crisis and means of solving Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al- it, besides reviewing the strategic ties between the two countries and aspects of developing them on all fronts. GCC charter, Thani yesterday met his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The meeting reviewed bilateral relations SC board meeting between the two fraternal countries and means of boosting them. The Turkish minister was briefed on world law, the Gulf crisis and all the illegal measures taken against Qatar. HE Sheikh Mohamed expressed his appreciation for the Turkish stance towards the blockade imposed on Qatar. For his part, Cavusoglu says ex-PM reiterated his country’s solidarity with Qatar. HE the Minister of QNA tar’s support for the Muslim Brother- Economy and Commerce Sheikh Doha hood, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed said: “The Muslim Brotherhood is a al-Thani and Turkish Minister of name adopted by many groups, some Economy Nihat Zeybekci attended t the core of the present Gulf of whom represent the people in par- the meeting. Cavusoglu left Doha crisis is Qatar’s resistance to the liaments of some countries, and there yesterday evening. HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani chaired yesterday at Al Bahr Palace this year’s second board meeting of the Adesire of some countries in the are some who pursue violence which Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani, HH Sheikh Jassim bin region to dictate their policy to oth- we do not agreed with.” He stressed QATAR | Rights Hamad al-Thani, the personal representative of HH the Emir, and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin ers, former prime minister and foreign the need to diff erentiate between Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, who is also a board member, attending the meeting which reviewed the progress of Qatar 2022 FIFA minister HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim these groups. UN offi cials given World Cup projects besides examining the work progress for all facilities, which are moving forward according to the schedule. bin Jabor al-Thani has said. “Qatar dealt with Muslim Brother- dossier on violations Qatar, an independent and sover- hood when they were elected by the National Human Rights Committee eign state, has the right to pursue its Egyptian people, and when the mili- (NHRC) Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh own policy and cannot accept such de- tary toppled them, Qatar was the fi rst al-Marri yesterday met a number of mands, he stressed. country to support the Government of off icials from the UN Commission President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, because on Human Rights and the Co- “Qatar dealt with Muslim it is an internal Egyptian aff air.” ordination Committee of the Special Qatar Airways’ global He said in Tunisia too Qatar sup- Brotherhood when they Procedures. Dr al-Marri handed to were elected by the Egyptian ported the two successive governments the UN off icials a dossier containing people, and when the military elected by the people, emphasising the violations that Qataris and some toppled them, Qatar was the that Qatar supported any country that GCC citizens working in Qatar were operations run smoothly fi rst country to support the asked for its assistance. subjected to due to the blockade Government of President On Syria, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jas- imposed on Qatar by the countries atar Airways’ operations to and ville (Gabon), Medan (Indonesia), Rio He added: “This blockade is unprec- Abdel Fattah al-Sisi” sim said everybody including the US of those GCC nationals. The from its Doha hub are running de Janeiro (Brazil), Santiago (Chile) and edented and it is in direct contradic- made mistakes while dealing with the meetings discussed the directions Qsmoothly, with the vast major- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), as tion to the convention that guarantees The accusation of fi nancing terror- crisis in that country. “As time passed that UN mechanisms can move in so ity of fl ights operating as scheduled. well as many others. rights to civil overfl ight. We call upon ism levelled by some Gulf countries we discovered that some groups have as to address these violations. In the past week, the award-winning Earlier this week the airline released the International Civil Aviation Or- against Qatar has “no solid base”, he other agendas and we stopped deal- global airline has fl own about 1,200 its annual report for the fi scal year ganisation (ICAO) to declare this an said in an interview with the Charlie ing with them one after another.” He QATAR | Joint exercise fl ights between Doha and its network 2017, revealing a net profi t of $541mn, illegal act. We are not a political body, Rose show on PBS. stressed that these mistakes were not of more than 150 destinations around a 21.7% year-on-year increase. The we are an airline, and this blockade HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim de- intentional. the globe, with 90% of those fl ights results also show an annual revenue in- has stripped us of the rights which are manded the countries that cut off re- According to HE Sheikh Hamad bin departing within 15 minutes of their crease of 10.4%. guaranteed to us.” lations with Qatar should provide evi- Jassim, the measures taken by some scheduled departure time. Qatar Airways Group Chief Execu- In light of the blockade, the airline dence of their allegations. Gulf countries against Qatar were “In the coming months, that net- tive Akbar al-Baker said: “Qatar Air- has signifi cantly increased the opera- The former prime minister demand- based on Doha’s support for the Gaza work will continue to grow,” Qatar Air- ways’ global operations continue to run tions of its global call centre and social ed that international law should tackle Strip, pointing out that some viewed ways said yesterday. smoothly, with the vast majority of our media to ensure concerned customers the violations, including cutting off this support as “a mistake”. Yesterday, the airline launched direct network unaff ected by the current cir- receive the best possible care, and has food supplies, separating families and With regard to Hamas, he said eve- Two US Navy vessels service to Dublin. Qatar Airways’ serv- cumstances. Our focus is on supporting even extended its commercial policy closing of airspace, made by the coun- ryone knows that Qatar helps in pro- ice to Nice, France, will commence on any passengers impacted by the current to ensure greater fl exibility for refunds tries that have isolated Qatar. viding electricity in Gaza Strip and has arrive at Hamad Port July 4, and fl ights to Skopje (Macedo- situation and ensuring that we contin- and rebooking for any passengers He expressed surprise at the position also reconstructed some houses and Two US Navy vessels arrived nia) on July 17. ue to deliver our award-winning serv- whose fl ight is impacted by the recent taken by Saudi Arabia and others soon hospitals that were destroyed by Israeli yesterday at Hamad Port to The other new destinations planned ice. Our network expansion continues travel bans. The airline has also intro- after the participation of HH the Emir forces in 2005. Everyone valued these participate in a joint exercise with for the remainder of this year and 2018 with two new destinations launching in duced new functionality on Facebook Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in eff orts and other GCC countries also the Qatari Emiri Navy, the Ministry include Las Vegas (USA), Canberra the next month. As far as we are con- to provide customers with fl exible call- the Riyadh Summit last month. have pledged to provide funds to the of Defence’s Directorate of Moral (Australia), Douala (Cameroon), Libre- cerned, it is business as usual.” back options. In response to the allegation of Qa- Gaza Strip. To Page 10 Guidance said. A number of Qatari Emiri Navy off icers received the crews of the two vessels. RAMADAN THOUGHT Qatar in $12bn deal with US for buying F-15 jets O Mankind, indeed We have cre- ated you from male and female QNA State of Qatar in jointly working with military in conducting operations and made you peoples and Washington our friends and allies in the United against violent extremism,” he said. tribes that you may know one States in advancing our military co- “Qatar and the United States have another. Indeed, the most noble operation for closer strategic collabo- solidifi ed their military co-operation of you in the sight of Allah is the atar signed yesterday an agree- ration in our fi ght to counter violent by having fought together side by side most righteous (Qur’an 49:13) ment with the United States for extremism and promote peace and sta- for many years now in an eff ort to erad- Qthe purchase of F-15 fi ghter jets, bility in our region and beyond.” icate terrorism and promote a future of Prayer times at an initial cost of $12bn.