Nation Sunday, December 15, 2019 05 Marri inks anti-corruption deal with Ecuador Presidency unit Attiyah, Turkish defence minister open ATTORNEY-General HE Dr Ali Turkish-Qatari Joint Commmand HQ bin Fetais al Marri on Saturday signed an agreement for coop- eration in the field of combating corruption, with the Anti-Corrup- tion Secretariat in the Republic of Ecuador’s Presidency, in the presence of Vice President of Ecuador Otto Ramon Sonnen- holzner, who is currently on a visit to Qatar. The Ambassador of Ecua- dor to Qatar HE Ivonne A-Baki signed the agreement for the Ecuadorian Presidency. The related to prevention; carrying combating corruption; promot- agreement aims to enhance co- out investigations; monitor- ing joint research activities; and operation in combating corrup- ing corruption cases; provid- exchanging visits of academics tion; developing best practices ing training and consulting on and specialists. (QNA) NMOQ UNVEILs ‘PEACE BENCH’ The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) has unveiled a special gift from the Nobel Peace Center in collaboration Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah and Minister of National Defence with the Norwegian firm Hydro. The gift of the sisterly Republic of Turkey Hulusi Akar inaugurated the headquarters of the Turkish-Qatari Joint Command. (TNN) is a sculptured ‘Peace Bench’, which is an internationally-recognised symbol of conversation, diplomacy and dialogue, and is now placed in Baraha at NMoQ. The NMoQ was selected on the basis of being a high-visibility area by the Nobel Peace Center, shedding light on the museum’s aim of bringing communities together to experience Qatar’s past and present. The 6.5-metre long bench is made of aluminium supplied by Hydro, which is a part-owner of the Qatalum aluminium company. Norwegian firms Snohetta and Vestre, respectively, designed and constructed the NMoQ installation. (TNN) Ashghal opens 4 vital parts of its highway network The opening comes as part of National Day celebrations TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA AS Qatar celebrates the Na- tional Day, the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has an- nounced the opening of vital parts of its highway networks. The North Bridge on Duhail Department, along with sev- For his part, Eng Youssef change consists of four bridg- Meanwhile, Ashghal an- Interchange and Wadi Al-Ba- eral engineers from Ashghal al Emadi said that Ashghal is es with 150 m length each. nounces completion of the nat Interchange on Al-Khor and representatives of the opening vital parts of projects The two main bridges deliver second flyover at Umm Lekh- Road were opened to traffic companies implementing the gradually rather than waiting 3 lanes while the two others ba Interchange with a length on Friday, December 13, while four projects. for total completion of the deliver four lanes. Further- of 537 metres providing new parts of Sabah Al Ahmad On this occasion, Ash- projects as part of a strategy more, the interchange has free flow traffic between Al Corridor will be opened on ghal President Eng Saad bin to manage various infrastruc- two loops, four ramps with Markhiya, 22 February Street the National Day on Decem- Ahmed al Muhannadi said ture projects simultaneously. two lanes each and four un- and the south of Doha. ber 18, including the inter- that the openings coincided Eng Bader Darwish re- derpasses. The new flyover, which is change connecting Rasheeda with the celebration of Qatar marked that Ashghal has ac- The new addition is lo- scheduled to open at the end Street with Sabah Al-Ahmad National Day, based on the complished more than 150 km cated south of Al Khor Road of December, 2019, will re- Corridor (formerly known as directives of Prime Minister of highway network in 2019, at Lusail City. It primar- duce travel time significant- Lekhwiya Roundabout). The and Minister of Interior HE as it witnessed opening of vital ily serves road users coming ly accommodating around second bridge at Umm Lekh- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser roads such as Al Khor Road, from Dukhan Road, Al Sha- 4,000 vehicles per hour to ba Interchange will be opened bin Khalifa al Thani. Al Majd Road and vital parts mal road by providing a direct serve those coming from Al by the end of December. He noted that Al Shamal of various other projects. connection to Lusail city and Duhail, Madinat Khalifa, Al The dignitaries who at- Bridge was opened within Ashghal inaugurated Al West Bay area. Markhiya and Corniche. tended the opening ceremo- nine months of its implemen- Shamal Bridge, the first sec- By this opening, the pro- It is worth mentioning that ny of parts of Sabah Al Ah- tation by a Qatari contractor tion of Al Duhail Interchange, ject has reached 94 percent 65 percent of the Umm Lekh- mad Corridor included Eng and local materials constitut- on Friday. The new 200 m of completion and only three ba interchange development, Youssef al Emadi, director of ed 60 percent of the materials bridge was delivered within of three lanes in both direc- opening of Wadi Al Banat interchanges and some parts known as Landmark Inter- Projects Affairs at Ashghal; used in the project. nine months of the beginning tions, providing a free-flow interchange part of Al Khor of pedestrians and cyclist’s change, has been completed. Eng Bader Darwish, man- Muhannadi added that of construction. traffic and upgrading the ve- Road on Friday. By this ad- paths are remaining. The new interchange once ager of Expressway Projects Ashghal is keen to complete The new bridge will de- hicles capacity from 12000 dition, Al Khor road will have Ashghal is actively work- completed in Q4 of 2020 will Department and Brig Mo- all projects according to care- liver five lanes in northbound to 18000 vehicles per hour in seven of 10 interchanges op- ing on completing the remain- significantly improve traffic to hammed Marafih, director fully studied priorities and not direction and four lanes in both directions. erational. ing sections of the project by shorten the journey time by of Engineering Traffic Safety limited to a specific region. southbound direction instead Ashghal also announced The new two-level inter- the second quarter of 2020. more than 70 percent. Qatar launches International Police Coordination Center The state-of-the-art centre seeks to ensure safety of spectators during FIFA WC 2022 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK tators. DOHA The centre has a state-of- the-art operating room man- QATAR has set up an Inter- aged and supervised by the national Police Coordination Security Committee of the Su- Center (IPCC) in preparation preme Committee for Deliv- for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, ery and Legacy, which seeks to said a Ministry of Interior press ensure highest level of security release on Saturday. for spectators during the World The state-of-the-art centre facilitates exchange of information between Qatar’s police and International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in order to manage crisis. The state-of-the-art cen- Cup. A group of young Qatari tre started working with the officers with distinguished skills ing countries, such as Brazil, transferred directly through the technical support unit in addi- dition to providing information from the stadiums. launch of the 2019 FIFA Club have also joined the centre. France, Mexico and Britain centre to the operations centre. tion to the technical equipment about the customs of the com- Bruno Albuquerque, federal World Cup, which is currently On the tasks of the centre were brought in to provide ex- It analyses the information and and the ‘Talaa’ programme. ing masses and their special commissioner for the Brazilian under way in Doha, and facili- and how it works, First Lieuten- pertise and assistance in deal- observations and communi- He said that the 12 par- ways of encouraging and cel- Police and an Interpol member tates exchange of information ant Hamad al Nasr, assistant ing with fans. cates with the leaders of sports ticipating officers from abroad ebrating, and even expressing from Brazil, expressed his great between Qatar’s police and In- commander of the centre, said The centre focuses on facilities to coordinate with analyse and follow up on what resentment and anger. admiration for the technical fa- ternational Criminal Police Or- that it includes a group of quali- managing the situation if inap- them and take the necessary is being published in their coun- He added that the fans zone cilities of the centre. ganization (Interpol) in order fied young cadres representing propriate or racist slogans are measures. tries, through social media sites, area includes a miniature oper- Ms Rodrigues, criminal in- to manage crisis. the concerned departments that raised to incite trouble. He pointed out that the such as Twitter, Facebook and ating room of the non-compet- vestigator at the Federal Minis- During the Club World Cup, operate under the umbrella of He explained that the infor- IPCC includes a group of distin- Instagram. itive unit, whose officers follow terial Police to Combat Crime in a number of police representa- the Security Committee. mation and observations that guished officers, each of whom First Lieutenant Hamad the movement in the area. The Mexico, said that by virtue of her tives from countries with par- During the Club World are monitored, through sur- is responsible for one of the cen- al Nasr said that some of these fans, who do not have tickets knowledge of the nature of fans ticipating teams are also work- Cup Championship, liaison veillance cameras or through tre’s units, such as the logistic officers carry lists of names of to enter the matches can view in Mexico, she expected them to ing together with Qatari police officers from the external po- the direct presence in the gal- support unit, the Interpol unit, rioting fans, which are included them through the external de- respect the traditions and cus- officers to ensure safety of spec- lice agencies of the participat- leries or the fan zone area, are the information unit, and the in databases of airports, in ad- vices, and express their joy away toms of the host country..