BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Confi dent Qatar take on China INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-6, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 Economic forum REGION 7 BUSINESS 1-5, 12-16 in crunch 25,801.00 9,174.66 64.30 ARAB WORLD 7 CLASSIFIED 6-11 set to boost +246.00 +38.80 +0.50 INTERNATIONAL 8-21 SPORTS 1-8 clash today +0.96% +0.42% +0.78% Qatar-Turkey ties Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10699 January 15, 2018 Rabia II 28, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM gets message from Kuwait Qatar monitoring In brief Sheikh Abdullah’s ‘detention’ in UAE QATAR | Offi cial Emir gets verbal message Agencies In August, Sheikh Abdullah met from Kazakhstan president Doha Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al- Saud and Crown Prince Mohamed bin His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim Salman but Doha was quick to point bin Hamad al-Thani received yesterday atar has been closely monitoring out that he was in Saudi Arabia on a a verbal message from Kazakhstan the reported detention of Sheikh personal mission and did not represent President Nursultan Nazarbayev QAbdullah bin Ali al-Thani, who the government. pertaining to bilateral relations and in a video was seen as saying he is being Riyadh had tried to present him as means to advance them in diff erent held against his will in the UAE. someone who opposes His Highness fields. Kazakhstan’s Special Envoy HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani received a written message from Foreign Ministry spokesperson HE the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- for Middle East and Africa Baghdad Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to enhance them in Lulua al-Khater told Qatar News Agen- Thani. Amreyev conveyed the message, all fields. The message was delivered by Kuwait’s ambassador to Qatar Hafiz Mohamed al-Ajmi during a meeting yesterday with cy (QNA) that Doha was closely moni- Sheikh Abdullah appeared frequent- during a meeting with HE Minister of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. toring the situation, but due to the total ly on Saudi and UAE television pro- State for Foreign Aff airs Saad bin Sultan severance of ties with the UAE “it is dif- grammes expressing his views in sup- al-Muraikhi yesterday. The meeting fi cult to clearly establish the circum- port of the measures against Doha. was attended by a number of Foreign stances surrounding the situation”. Majed al-Ansari, a professor at Qatar Ministry off icials. She said despite that, Qatar prin- University, said Sheikh Abdullah’s ap- cipally stands with the protection of parent detention could be seen as part ARAB WORLD | Confl ict rights for every individual and affi rms of a wider “trend of behaviour” by Saudi the entitlement of his family to pursue Arabia and the UAE in dealing with Trump’s peace eff orts all legal means for the protection of his high-profi le Arab personalities that ‘slap of the century’ rights. may be used as leverage. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Sidra opens new “We have seen similar behaviour, in In November, Lebanese offi cials al- denounced US President Donald the past, by the siege countries where leged that Prime Minister Saad al- Trump’s peace eff orts as the “slap rights of individuals and offi cials alike Hariri was being held hostage by Saudi of the century”, at a key meeting are violated in total contravention of authorities. yesterday on the White House’s international norms, conventions and Hariri appeared on television from declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s laws with no clear purpose or valid rea- Saudi Arabia on November 4 to an- capital. In a wide-ranging two-hour hospital building, soning,” she added. nounce his resignation, but retracted it speech, Abbas reiterated he would not Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al-Thani, a when he returned home. accept the Trump administration as controversial member of Qatar’s royal Riyadh denied detaining Hariri, but a mediator in peace talks with Israel family, emerged as an unlikely mediator the intervention of several countries, and called for an internationally-led in August, weeks after Saudi Arabia, the including France, led to his release and process. He also accused Israel through UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with allowed him to travel two weeks later its actions of ending the 1994 Oslo Doha. with his wife while their son and daugh- peace accords that form the basis of delivers fi rst baby Yesterday Sheikh Abdullah released a ter remained in Saudi Arabia. Palestinian ties with the Jewish state, video statement, also broadcast by Qa- In a similar situation at the end of saying the Palestinians would study all By Joseph Varghese tar-based Al Jazeera television, showing November, former Egyptian prime min- strategies for responding to it. Page 7 Staff Reporter him seated in an armchair warning that ister Ahmed Shafi q accused Abu Dhabi he was afraid something could happen in a videotape of detaining him and EUROPE | Politics to him that will be blamed on Qatar. preventing him from travelling, after he idra Medicine, the high-tech “I am currently in Abu Dhabi. I was expressed his desire to run for president SPD aims to improve world-class, premier healthcare a guest of Sheikh Mohamed. I am no in Egypt. deal with Merkel Sfacility in the region for children, longer a guest; I am a prisoner,” he said Abu Dhabi accused Shafi k of lying be- Leading members of Germany’s Social young people and women and a member in the video, which was widely circu- fore allowing him to travel alone with- Democrats yesterday said they would of Qatar Foundation, delivered its fi rst lated on social media. out his family. He had been living in the press for improvements to a coalition baby yesterday as the hospital opened “I want to make clear that the people UAE since 2012. blueprint agreed with Chancellor the new building and welcomed the fi rst of Qatar are innocent,” he said. “Sheikh “This is now the way that Saudi Angela Merkel’s conservatives, inpatients. Mohamed bears full responsibility for Arabia and Abu Dhabi deal with their seeking to win over sceptical party “Baby Mariam, weighing 3.1kg, was anything that happens to me.” friends,” al-Ansari told Al Jazeera. members who can torpedo the deal. the fi rst to be delivered at the hospi- An exterior view of Sidra Medicine. PICTURE: Noushad Thekkayil “They told me not to leave. I am afraid Sheikh Abdullah is no more useful to Social Democrat (SPD) leaders must tal, that too with her father witness- that anything could happen to me, and them because their plan to use him to sell the deal to party members before ing the birth in the operating theatre,” “The opening of the main hospital at dents of Qatar. It will help them avoid the people of Qatar would be blamed. serve their purpose has miserably failed, a congress on January 21 at which announced Dr Justin Konje, chair, Sidra Medicine marks the achievement the trouble of travelling abroad as well So I just wanted to inform you that if he added. delegates vote on the agreement, Women’s Services Clinical Manage- of another major milestone in the expan- as spending large amounts of money anything happens to me, the people of Late in the evening, sources quoted clinched on Friday after 25 hours of ment Group, Sidra Medicine. He was sion of healthcare facilities in the country. for treatment. We will be able to use the Qatar are innocent,” added Sheikh Ab- Abu Dhabi offi cials as denying the de- exploratory talks. Only then can they addressing a press conference to mark The new hospital will further enhance facilities in the hospital to attract more dullah. tention report, saying Sheikh Abdullah move ahead with formal negotiations. the opening of the inpatient facility of the healthcare provided for women and patients from outside Qatar standing Emirati offi cials were not immedi- was hosted as a guest and he was free to But by holding out to their members the hospital. children and reinforce our commitment in the world as a beacon of excellence ately available for comment. go wherever he wanted to go. the prospect of a better deal, the SPD “We have admitted nine child pa- to improving the health and well-being in healthcare. The safety and comfort leaders ran into swift push back from tients at the hospital. So, including the of the people in Qatar,” HE the Minister of our patients is of utmost importance a senior conservative – sparring that delivery of the newborn baby, the total of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al- and we look forward to welcoming underlines the diff iculties the two number of people admitted at the hos- Kuwari said in a statement. them,” said Peter Morris, CEO, Sidra groups still face before finalising a full pital is 10,” said Dr David Sigalet, chair of Prof the Lord Darzi of Denham, vice Medicine. coalition agreement. the Department of Surgery. chair of the Board of Governors at Sidra Sidra Medicine will open its Emer- Lactalis to compensate victims Sidra Medicine presently works on Medicine, told the press conference: gency Department by the middle of this AMERICA | Security referrals from Hamad Medical Cor- “As part of Qatar Foundation, Sidra year. It will also accept regional and in- AFP packages of Picot, Milumel, Celia and poration and the Primary Health Care Medicine is a true embodiment of the ternational referrals for women, young Paris other brands of powdered baby milk.