BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 QSE is working El Jaish meet with authorities to allow short Bunyodkor, INDEX selling by Sadd away DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-7, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 end-2017 REGION 8 BUSINESS 1-7, 12-16 to Esteghlal 20,042.30 10,609.64 53.09 ARAB WORLD 8, 9 CLASSIFIED 8-12 -29.16 +13.25 -0.74 INTERNATIONAL 10-21 SPORTS 1-12 -0.15% +0.13% -1.37% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10357 February 7, 2017 Jumada I 10, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir, Tajikistan president hold talks QP is in In brief growth QATAR | Diplomacy Niger president arrives today President of the Republic of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou will arrive mode, today in Doha on an off icial visit to the country. HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the president of Niger will hold talks on bilateral relations and means of boosting and developing them. says CEO EUROPE | Controversy World’s largest LNG producer aims UK speaker opposes to expand assets abroad Trump address to MPs Agencies Speaker of Britain’s lower house Doha of parliament John Bercow said yesterday he would not support any HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani receives Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. plans for US President Donald Trump The two leaders later held a meeting during which they reviewed bilateral relations and means of boosting and developing atar Petroleum (QP) is explor- to address parliament during a state them. The meeting also discussed the latest regional and international issues. Page 2 ing oil and gas in Morocco and visit planned for later this year, citing QCyprus as it aims to expand Trump’s temporary immigration ban its liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) assets as a factor. More than 1.8mn people abroad while trimming costs at home, Al-Kaabi: not worried about gas glut in Britain have signed a petition President and Chief Executive Offi cer calling for Trump’s planned visit to Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said yesterday. main similar to that exercised under be cancelled or downgraded. “You will see us going international- previous presidents. Ashghal on track to deliver ly with some of the partners we have in “Projects that we get into are projects SPORT | Doping Qatar, this year and next year. We are in that we get into for 25 to 30 years,” he growth mode,” Kaabi told reporters at said. “They survive seven, eight presi- Russia banned from the company’s headquarters in Doha. dents or whatever. athletics event QP, the world’s largest LNG produc- “The president is a businessman. Russia will miss the World Athletics action plans on road safety er, has been pursuing deals in Cyprus Bringing in foreign investment into the Championships in August in London where it “won a bid for 40% of a plot US is something that I think he would due to their doping ban, world By Joey Aguilar mittee (NTSC), focus on ‘safer roads’, ditional and supplementary guides, for exploration” and recently “went into want. “As far as I have seen, as far as the governing body president Sebastien Staff Reporter ‘safe speeds’, and ‘road safety man- standard drawings, procedures, and Morocco for exploration”, al-Kaabi said. oil and gas business is concerned, he’s Coe said yestetday. Coe said Russia, agement.’ specifi cations to support the delivery QP is merging two liquefi ed natural been very positive for oil and gas.” whose 15-month ban from athletics Under its road safety remedial of road safety projects. gas divisions, Qatargas and RasGas Co Fears have been raised elsewhere was extended yesterday at the atar’s Public Works Authority works improvement programme, Ash- Ashghal will also review and update Ltd, following a more-than-two-year about a new protectionism being used IAAF’s Council meeting in Cap (Ashghal) has so far completed ghal will work to further reduce the existing speed limits and submit it to slump in oil prices that has forced Gulf by Washington. d’Ail near Monaco, could not be Q21 of its 34 ‘action plans’ aimed possibility of head-on crashes, mak- the National Speed Limit Manage- countries to reduce state spending. China, Germany and France’s lead- reintegrated into the sport before at making the country’s roads safer, an ing intersections safer, and eliminat- ment working group. Such a move, QP is reducing costs at its domestic ership have warned in recent weeks November. Russia has been barred offi cial said yesterday. ing other hazards on the road. Marsh believes, will signifi cantly re- operations and looking to expand over- against tougher trade rules being im- from international competition “We are on track to deliver 90% of Ashghal is mulling to build upon duce fatal accidents and injuries on seas through joint ventures with inter- posed by the US. since November 2015 over state- these actions by June this year, some and implement NTSC’s recommen- the road. national oil companies, al-Kaabi said. QP already has joint ventures with sponsored doping. will continue in the next fi ve years dations, under the Qatar Pedestrian “To support this, we recommend a He added that supplies of LNG from America’s ExxonMobil, whose former (2018-2022),” Ashghal’s strategy co- Crossing Masterplan, that will iden- speed running strategy similar to the the United States were not a threat to chief executive Rex Tillerson is now AFRICA | Mystery ordinator Fabian Marsh told the “3rd tify connection problems and safety one in Abu Dhabi in the UAE,” Marsh business. “I’m not worried at all about Trump’s secretary of state. Forum for Co-ordinators of the Au- issues that need to be rectifi ed with said. “As an example, one of the rec- a gas glut. Gas is going to be needed for And trade between the two countries Nigeria’s leader thorities Concerned to Implement the the existing road network. ommendations is that all arterial a very long time,” al-Kaabi said. is set to grow after Qatar said last year ‘in good health’ National Traffi c Safety Strategy.” Marsh said they are also looking at roads in the urban network must have Qatar, a member of the Organisation that it wanted to invest $35bn in the US Nigeria’s absentee president is in The two-day forum, which con- a number of best practices in road en- a maximum of 60kph.” of the Petroleum Exporting Countries by 2020. good health and is expected to cludes today at St Regis Doha, is held gineering projects that use tools and He also highlighted the importance (Opec), shipped 76.4mn tonnes of LNG In November, QP received US regu- return home soon, his deputy said under the patronage of HE the Prime solutions known and proven in other of monitoring speed behaviour across in 2014, or 32% of global supply, ac- latory approval to build a $10bn LNG yesterday, after mounting unease Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh countries. the road network in Qatar by creating a cording to the International Group of plant with ExxonMobil. about the leader’s well-being spilled Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al- “We want to pilot those technolo- programme of speed surveys annually. Liquefi ed Natural Gas Importers. The company is also interested in the over into street protests. President Thani to discuss the next phase of gies and practices here in Qatar, and “We acknowledge that there is a Al-Kaabi shrugged off fears that any Mozambique gas business of Italian en- Muhammadu Buhari has been National Traffi c Safety Strategy 2013- identify any localisation issues, then, signifi cant issue with high speed on potential protectionist policies pur- ergy group Eni and could opt to join Exx- in Britain since mid-January for 2022. identify opportunities to mobilise the road (free ways), as well as work sued by US President Donald Trump on in buying a multi-billion dollar stake. unspecified medical checks and The Ashghal offi cial said these ac- elsewhere,” he said. zones, and we are fi nding those loca- would impact on global oil and gas Al-Kaabi added that he believed Qa- many Nigerians suspect his health is tion plans, which have been presented Marsh noted that they also see some tions cropping up more frequently in markets. tar would be a leader in the LNG market worse than off icials admit. Page 10 to the National Traffi c Safety Com- approaches such as developing ad- terms of crashes,” the offi cial added. He said he expected US policy to re- “for a long time”. Qatar gets light rain, more forecast 94% consumer complaints oha and other parts of the country received some rain Dyesterday evening and the Qa- resolved in 2016, says CRA tar Met department forecast another spell of showers from this weekend, reaching its peak next Monday and he Communications Regulatory stallation and activation issues. average per month against the service Tuesday. Authority (CRA) resolved more “CRA is constantly looking for ways providers. Resolving these complaints Yesterday’s rain was initially re- Tthan 94% of complaints received to improve the experience of telecom is a vital part of our role in protecting ported from the northern and central in 2016 compared to 90% in 2015. consumers in Qatar, and to enable the consumers in Qatar and the upcoming areas before extending to other places, To address issues raised by consum- availability of innovative, high qual- complaints management system shall including Doha and its neighbour- ers such as billing, network coverage, ity communications services.