3rd Best News Website in the Middle East BUSINESS | 17 SPORT | 25 Macron ‘must show PSG ‘2000%’ sure example’ on deficit: Neymar will be at EU commissioner club next season Monday 29 January 2018 | 12 Jumada 1 | 1439 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 22 | Number 7421 | 2 Riyals Get every corner of your home covered with Wi-Fi! Revolutionary Orbi device with best coverage! Emir sends Qatar-Oman deal to boost food production condolences to The agreement was signed during the official UAE President talks held between the two countries in Muscat. The talks session was chaired from Qatari side QNA by Minister of Municipality and Environment DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani from Omani side by Minister of Agriculture and sent yesterday a cable of condolences to President of Fisheries H E Dr Fuad bin Jaafar Al Sagwani. the United Arab Emirates H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al THE PENINSULA the strategic relations between Nahyan on the death of his the two countries are at the mother, praying to Allah the MUSCAT: Qatar and Oman have highest level and built on clear Almighty to have mercy on signed a memorandum of under- basis, pointing out that the the soul of the late and make standing (MoU) on food signing of the memorandum of her residence in paradise. production, marketing, joint understanding was within the investment and export of Omani framework of strengthening the Public hygiene law: products to Qatar. existing cooperation between the The agreement was signed two countries in areas of Awareness drive in during the official talks held common interest. full swing between the two countries in Dr Fuad bin Jaafar Al Muscat. Sagwani, in a meeting with H E SANAULLAH ATAULLAH The talks session was chaired Mohamed bin Abdullah Al THE PENINSULA from the Qatari side by Minister Rumaihi, discussed issues of of Municipality and Environment mutual interest in the agricul- DOHA: Ministry of Munici- H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al tural, animal and fisheries pality and Environment, Rumaihi and from the Omani sectors and means of developing Qatar’s Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi and Oman’s represented by General side by Minister of Agriculture and enhancing joint cooperation Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries H E Dr Fuad bin Jaafar Al Sagwani signing a memorandum of Cleanliness Department is and Fisheries H E Dr Fuad bin in these sectors. understanding on food production, marketing, joint investment and export of Omani products to Qatar. conducting a massive Jaafar Al Sagwani, said the Min- They also discussed cooper- campaign to create istry of Municipality and Envi- ation between the two countries awareness among people ronment in a statement issued in the field of food security and investment in some fishing ports, relations between the two sides, about new public hygiene law yesterday. Strategic relations ways to promote investment in addition to the development adding that the MoU included that will come into effect from The session focused on the fields in the agricultural, animal of infrastructure and urban ways to explore possible oppor- Thursday. “Inspectors armed fields of agriculture, livestock between the two and fisheries sectors. projects within urban planning tunities for investment in the with judicial power are ready and fisheries, ways of developing countries are at the Mohammed bin Abdullah Al of coastal regions, especially Sultanate in the fisheries, agri- to round-up violators of the them and opening new prospects highest level and Rumaihi said that Qatar has fishing ports as they are culture and food sector, pointing new public hygiene law at all for enhancing cooperation and built on clear basis, many investments in various important for food industries and to the existence of a partnership municipalities,” Safar Al Shafi, exchanging experiences and fields in Oman. Qatar is looking food security. between Oman and Qatar in this Director of General Clean- views between the two said the Minister forward to see investment in the Dr Fuad bin Jaafar Al regard as well as to Qatar’s liness Department told The countries. of Municipality and Special Economic Zone in Duqm Sagwani said the signing of the intention to benefit from Peninsula. The Minister of Municipality Environment. in the areas of food industries MoU comes within the investment opportunities in the and Environment stressed that and strategic storage as well as framework of the close bilateral Sultanate. →FULL REPORT ON PAGE 3 Qatar-US strategic talks tomorrow to bolster ties THE PENINSULA Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed They include, representatives bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, from the Ministry of Interior, DOHA: Qatari-US strategic Deputy Prime Minister and Min- Ministry of Municipality and dialogue will kick off ister of State for Defence Affairs, Environment, Ministry of Admin- tomorrow in Washington DC H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed istrative Development, Labour wherein a number of agree- Al Attiyah, Minister of Energy and Social Affairs, Ministry of ments and memorandums of and Industry H E Dr Mohammed Transport and Communications, understanding (MoUs) will be bin Saleh Al Sada, and Minister Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar signed between the two coun- of Finance H E Ali Shareef Al Airways, Qatar Central Bank, tries in various fields, notably Emadi will participate in the Qatar Investment Authority, and energy and information strategic dialogue. Qatar Foundation for Education, security. The delegation will also be Science and Community A high-level Qatari dele- accompanied by representatives Development. gation comprised of Deputy of various ministries and entities Prime Minister and Foreign of Qatar. →CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 85% patients Preliminary frequency survive breast cancer in Qatar plans for 5G ready THE PENINSULA consultations with service pro- FAZEENA SALEEM viders in Qatar, to identify their THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Communications future demand regarding the Regulatory Authority (CRA) has required frequency bands for DOHA: The breast cancer completed the needed prepa- the deployment of 5G tech- survival rate in Qatar has rations for the fifth generation nology in the country. touched remarkable level of (5G) frequency bands for mobile In addition, CRA held a 85 percent as a result of high telecommunications services number of meetings with stake- standards of diagnosis and and has prepared preliminary holders and major companies treatment methods. frequency plans that can in ICT industry to discuss the The survival rate in Qatar accommodate the demand of global trends, the followed is also considered higher than Qatar’s telecom service approaches by International Like us on: Facebook other countries, said Dr providers of the main candidate Telecommunication Union Mohammed Ussama Al frequency bands for the use of (ITU) Study Groups and the Homsi, Senior Consultant 5G technology. approaches driven by the everyday new deals Physician. CRA is one of the regulatory industry in this field. bodies in the region that took →FULL REPORT ON PAGE 2 the lead and held, in early 2017, →CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 02 HOME MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018 Minister of Culture & Sports with Ethiopian envoy Minister of Transport and Communications, H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, with Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister of Infrastructure, Volodymyr Omelyan, in Doha, yesterday. Minister of Culture and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali received the Ambassador of the Ethiopia to Qatar, Metasebia Tadesse, at his office yesterday. They discussed cooperation between both countries and ways to develop it in the field of sports and culture. Qatar, Ukraine discuss cooperation in various fields QNA They discussed aspects of coop- The meeting also discussed a eration in the field of aviation, mar- number of matters of common DOHA: Minister of Transport and itime transport, ports and railroads interest and was attended by the Communications H E Jassim bin Saif and means of further enhancing them, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Al Sulaiti met here yesterday with in addition to benefiting from Authority, Abdullah bin Nasser Turki the Ukrainian Minister of Infra- investment opportunities in the field Al Subaie, and Qatar Airways Group Qatar becomes a party structure, Volodymyr Omelyan. of transport in both countries. Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker. to UN’s TIR Convention 85% patients survive breast cancer in Qatar THE PENINSULA Qatar has rapidly, with Pakistan, become the China and India, which are FAZEENA SALEEM a committee to approve on medical DOHA: Qatar has deposited home to almost 40 percent THE PENINSULA grounds if a patients’ needs to go its instruments of accession 73rd Contracting of the world population, abroad for treatment. Only in case to the TIR Convention, Party to the acceding to the Convention DOHA: The breast cancer survival if the patient is with uncommon type which will enter into force within the last three years rate in Qatar has touched remarkable of cancer would need to go abroad, for the State of Qatar this United Nations’ alone. level of 85 percent as a result of high such cases are very rare,” said Dr Al July 25. TIR Convention, The Ministry of standards of diagnosis and treatment Homsi. The National Cancer By so doing, Qatar has the only global Transport and Communi- methods. The survival rate is also Framework 2017–2022 stipulates a become the 73rd Contracting cations emphasizes that considered higher than other coun- number of recommendations for Party to the United Nations’ customs transit Qatar’s accession to TIR tries, said Dr Mohammed Ussama Al improving the cancer journey for TIR Convention, the only system, to Convention will allow its Homsi (pictured), Senior Consultant patients and these recommendations global customs transit facilitate trade land transport fleet and Physician. translate to direct improvements in system, to facilitate trade other land shipping modes “According to our statistics the patient care at NCCCR.