ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 4 November 2013 1 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5873 Price: QR2 Qatar seeks Djokovic stability of triumphs gas market in Paris Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Commercial Qatar for transfer of power in Syria beekeeping Foreign Minister says Syrians looking to Arab nations for more support a success DOHA: Qatar yesterday called The meeting should not be used for an immediate halt to killings as another opportunity for pro- DOHA: Qatar’s experiment in Syria and transfer of power crastination and buying time, with commercial beekeeping has to its people in accordance with the means followed by the Syrian proved to be a success with the their aspirations. regime from the start of the crisis, 30 bee farms the environment Feet-dragging on the ques- but the conference should aim at ministry helped set up some time tion of Syrian people realising realising the desire of the Syrian ago reporting good progress. their aspirations is unacceptable, people in reaching an immediate Each farm has 10 hives, and Qatar said, taking part in a key political settlement conducive to plans are afoot to help entre- Arab League meeting in Cairo. It setting up a transitional authority preneurs to set up 20 more bee welcomed the upcoming Geneva to which all military and security farms. There are two seasons for II conference to be held to find a powers must be transferred, and collecting honey in Qatar and solution to the Syrian crisis. to ending the crisis, Al Attiyah other GCC countries. One is in The Foreign Minister H E Dr said. June and the other in October. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, The Foreign Minister said The October season is consid- Chairman of the Arab ministerial those objectives cannot be realised ered to be of much importance commission on Syria, addressing while the Syrian regime’s troops since this is time when sidr, the the meet hailed the role of Arab continued killing and violence and deciduous shrub, swarm all over in League in helping resolve the as long as the refugees inside and the northern areas of the country. Syrian crisis. outside their country are left to All these 30 farms are located in Al Attiyah said that the Syrian their fate. areas where the shrubs mushroom people were still looking up to fel- The Arab League should, as in this season and bees eat nectar low Arab nations for more help to per the 8th chapter of the UN and pollen from them. A kilo- achieve their legitimate aspira- Charter, shoulder its legal and gramme of sidr honey can sell for tions, QNA reported. moral commitments to the Syrian as much as $150 a kg. Sidr honey Al Attiyah’s remarks were people via seeking UN guaran- has tremendous medicinal value made at the extraordinary minis- tees, especially through the five and is popular as an aphrodisiac. terial meeting of the Arab League permanent UN Security Council The bee farming business is which is discussing preparations veto-wielding powers so that a gaining ground in the coun- for the Geneva II conference. ceasefire must join the peace Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari before the Arab try, Qatar News Agency (QNA) He reiterated Qatar’s firm posi- negotiations and buffer areas foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo yesterday. reported on Saturday. The 30 tion which calls for immediate should be set up to help the farms have produced about 900 halt to the killings and violence return of refugees, and ensure Coalition in order to encourage Ahmad Jarba said the opposition should be invited to the talks. kilogrammes of honey in the sec- against civilians, and for realis- continued aid and humanitarian it to participate in Geneva II,” would not attend unless there was Jarba urged the League to “take ond season. In the first season last ing the Syrian people’s desire for assistance to all affected Syrian Arabi said. Syria’s opposition has a clear timeframe for President a clear decision on the delivery June these farms produced some transfer of power. areas, Al Attiyah added. refused to attend unless President Bashar Al Assad to leave power. of weapons to the Syrian rebels”, 670kg, QNA said. Qatar’s position is also based Meanwhile, Arab League Chief Bashar Al Assad’s resignation is He also said they could not accept adding “we are ready to provide The first fruit of apiculture on supporting all Arab and Nabil Al Arabi said in comments on the table — a demand rejected the presence of Iran. all the guarantees that they would that began this year, was plucked international efforts which are broadcast live on Egyptian state by Damascus. “We have decided not to enter not fall into wrong hands”. in the second week of October. conducive to achieving the objec- television that the meeting aimed UN-Arab League envoy to Geneva talks unless it is with The Syrian National Coalition An average collection of the tives of the Syrian people. And to “encourage” the Syrian opposi- Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has said dignity, and unless there is a suc- has said it plans to meet on honey was about 3.5 kilogramme hence, Qatar welcomed Geneva tion to attend the Geneva II talks, that Geneva II would not be pos- cessful transfer of power with a November 9 to decide whether to per hive that is very close to the II conference to reach a solution which are backed by the United sible without the participation of specific timeframe, and without attend, but the Syrian National expected average production of to the crisis, he said. States and Russia. the Syrian opposition. the occupier Iran at the negotiat- Council, a key member of the bloc, four kilogramme from a hive. The However, he noted there should “The minsters are asked today The Syrian opposition set terms ing table,” Jarba said. has threatened to quit if it does so. production of phase-1 last June be a solid, unified Arab position to provide all the support to the for attending peace talks. Syrian There is also discord among THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES covered 67 percent of total cost on negotiations at the conference. (opposition Syrian) National National Coalition President world powers over whether Iran See also page 7 of inputs of these farms signaling success of the project, said QNA. The second harvest began at the end of October and it is Qatar witnesses partial solar eclipse expected to increase the collec- tion to about 900kg. The source of Kerry vows US honey for second season is nectar of Al Sidr bosoms that is consid- backing for ered the best quality and it has huge demands in the local market. Since Al Sidr honey is expensive, Egypt rulers it is expected to generate more revenue compared to the previous CAIRO: US Secretary of State season. THE PENINSULA John Kerry said yesterday that his country is committed to Pakistan to review working with Egypt’s interim rulers, on his first visit to Cairo relations with US since the army ousted president Mohammed Mursi. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is On the eve of the opening of to review its relationship with Mursi’s trial, Kerry was in Cairo Washington, the prime minister’s to shore up ties with a key ally office said yesterday, following the and ensure it moves ahead on killing of the Pakistani Taliban plans to restore democracy, just leader Hakimullah Mehsud. weeks after Washington partly The government denounced suspended aid to Egypt. Mehsud’s killing as a US bid to “We are committed to work derail the talks and summoned with and we will continue our the US ambassador on Saturday cooperation with the interim gov- to complain. The office of the ernment,” Kerry told a joint news Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, conference with Egyptian foreign said he would chair a meeting on minister Nabil Fahmy, urging The different phases of the partial solar eclipse witnessed in Qatar yesterday, captured by Faisal Jamal, a Peninsula reader and photography enthu- the consequences for ties with “inclusive, free and fair elections”. siast. The celestial spectacle, the last solar eclipse of this year, was visible in Qatar from 4.19pm until sunset. The picture was taken in Mesaieed. Washington. Full report on page 13 “The United States is a friend of the people of Egypt, of the country of Egypt, and we are a partner,” he stressed. Kerry said he had candid discussions with Fahmy, and he had other meet- ings later with interim president Shaheen falcon fetches QR100,000 at Souq Waqif auction Adly Mansour and powerful mili- tary chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. DOHA: A young Shaheen falcon sold Souq Waqif bird market and one of the Last year the auction sold one Syrian sheep animals from other countries for cheap Kerry also endorsed the for a staggering price of QR100,000 at a organisers of the event, said the auction for QR72,000. prices and sell them here for very expen- interim government’s moves to recent auction held at Souq Waqif. was aimed at making people interested in Khamees Al Kuwari, one of the organis- sive prices. restore full democracy in Egypt. A total of 150 of the best falcons were falcons in Qatar and neighbouring coun- ers, said instead of organising animal auc- Fifty animals were sold at the auction According to the interim govern- sold at the two-day auction held at Souq tries to come together and see over 150 tion every year, it would be beneficial to held at the farm of Ahmad Nasser Al ment’s timetable, parliamentary Waqif’s bird market.