Home | 2 Business | 17 Sport | 27 Public Works Laffan Refinery Smooth sailing Authority gears 2 expected to be for seeds on day up to tackle rain fully operational three at Qatar emergencies. by Q3 next year. Classic. TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2015 • 20 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6603 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir to open Prime Minister Advisory Council session today DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim opens Civil bin Hamad Al Thani will inau- gurate today morning the 44th ordinary session of the Advisory Defence expo Council. Emir holds Focus on disaster management telephone talks By Sidi Mohamed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Ministry with Modi DOHA: Prime Minister and of Interior, represented by the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Interior Minister H E Sheikh Civil Defence General Adminis- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa tration, and the British University telephone talks with Prime Min- Al Thani yesterday opened the of Central Lancashire, to launch ister of India Narendra Modi yes- Fifth Civil Defence Exhibition a “Fire Management Diploma” terday. They discussed bilateral and Conference. course at Ras Laffan Emergency relations and means to enhance The exhibition is being held and Safety College from early them and reviewed a number of under the theme “Sustainable next year. issues of common concern. Development and Disaster Man- Staff-Brigadier Abdullah QNA agement” at the recently-opened Mohamed Al Suwaidi, Civil Doha Exhibition and Convention Defence General Director, and Centre near the City Centre. the head of the organising com- Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Staff-Brigadier Abdullah Emir congratulates The inaugural ceremony was mittee, in a speech, said that the Mohamed Al Suwaidi, Civil Defence General Director, Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed bin attended by a number of minis- hosting of this event in Qatar Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani and SAK Holding Group Chairman Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani taking Turkish President ters, heads of the diplomatic mis- comes as part of world focus on a tour after the inauguration of the Fifth Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference at the Doha Exhibition and sions , senior government officials disaster management. It is an Convention Centre yesterday. on election victory and experts from Qatar as well as essential part of Qatar National overseas. Vision 2030. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh A documentary film was Sustainable development is international community has also to increase the number of Union, talked about the attention Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent screened at the opening ceremony a development which enhances witnessed an increase in the countries which have a national given by the United Nations to yesterday a cable of congratula- on climate change and its adverse prosperity, economic opportu- number of natural disasters strategy to reduce the risks from sustainable development issues tions to President of the Republic impact on sustainable develop- nities, social welfare and envi- and environmental disasters, Al disasters. and reducing the adverse impacts of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan ment in various countries across ronmental protection, through Suwaidi said. The civil defence confer- of disasters. on the occasion of the success of the world in general and the Gulf achieving cooperation in solv- The world will work in the ence is a serious step towards From 2000 to 2011 the world the parliamentary elections proc- region, in particular. ing problems of humanitarian, coming days through the “Sendai” achieving global partnership has lost $1.7bn due to disasters. ess, expressing his hope for fur- Following the opening cer- cultural, social and economical framework on seven international for reducing disasters and it In the Arab world, awareness ther prosperity and progress for emony, the Prime Minister took dimensions and through sup- goals to reduce disaster risk and also reflects Qatar’s role and its about disasters and environment Turkey and its people. a tour of the exhibition and vis- porting basic freedoms, said Al to mange it through over the next social responsibilities on both issues had increased, he said. Turkey’s Justice and Develop- ited various stalls and pavilions Suwaidi. 15 years. regional and international levels. Some 97 companies from Qatar, ment Party is set to form a single- where he was briefed about the Climate change poses severe Among these goals, said Al We hope the conference would the GCC and rest of the world are party government once more after latest safety and security equip- threat to the world and this Suwaidi, is to reduce the number achieve its targeted goals, said participating in the three-day a stunning election turnaround. ment, machinery and advanced underscores the need to find solu- of deaths and the number of Al Suwaidi. exhibition and conference. See also page 7 technology on display. tions well in time. people affected by disasters dur- Saber Hossain Chowdhury, The Premier later witnessed In the past few years, the ing the period 2020 to 2030, and President of inter-Parliamentary THE PENINSULA QNA/AFP Michelle Obama arrives in Doha DOHA: US First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Qatar yesterday making her first official visit to the country. She reached at the Hamad International Airport at 6.45pm in a special plane. Ambassador Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhro, Director of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Dana Smith, US ambassador to Qatar received Michelle on red carpet at the airport. During her three-day visit, Michelle will partici- pate in officials talks, visit the Al Udeid Air Base and address the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). She will today participate in high level official dis- cussions and also visit US military service members stationed at Al Udeid Air Base as part of the Joining Forces initiative. Tomorrow at WISE 2015, Michelle will be addressing an audience of education leaders from the region and around the world about global girls’ education and the ‘Let Girls Learn’ initiative. She will deliver her remarks at the opening ple- nary of the summit, which will be inaugurated by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. ‘Let Girls Learn’ initiative was formed by Michelle together with the ‘Peace Corps Volunteers’ in March as a powerful collaboration to expand access to edu- cation for adolescent girls around the world. This programme aims to address that challenge by empow- ering local leaders to put lasting solutions in place. Continued on page 2 US First Lady Michelle Obama (right) being received at the Hamad International Airport yesterday. THE PENINSULA Russian jet not struck from outside: Investigators CAIRO/MOSCOW: The Russian more details but based his examined by Egyptian and Rus- plane that crashed in Egypt was comments on the preliminary sian experts along with German not struck from the outside and examination of the black boxes and French specialists from Air- the pilot did not make a distress recovered from the Airbus A321 bus and from Ireland where the call before it disappeared from which crashed in the Sinai Penin- aircraft was registered. radar, a source in the commit- sula on Saturday killing all 224 It said the search was continu- tee analysing the flight recorders people on board. ing across the 9sqkm crash site. said yesterday. The Egyptian government The source declined to give said the black boxes were being REUTERS TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Deputy PM meets envoys Qatar welcomes Plan developed to cope Turkish poll results DOHA: Qatar welcomed results of the Turkish early parliamen- tary elections yesterday. In a statement, the Foreign Minis- with rain emergencies try described the elections as an important step in the march of democracy, unity and stability in Ashghal holds workshop for entities concerned the brotherly Turkey, stressing that results are a reflection of DOHA: The Public Works the Turkish people’s willingness to Authority (Ashghal), in collabo- complete the success and prosper- ration with other entities con- ity process. It expressed Qatar’s cerned, has developed a plan to hope that the elections would con- meet emergency situations aris- tribute to further progress, pros- ing from rainfall. perity and growth for Turkey and Ashghal held a workshop at its people. its headquarters to discuss the QNA issue. The event was attended Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E by municipalities’ service man- Thundershowers Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud yesterday met separately agers and representatives of ambassadors Li Chen (China), Hans-Udo Muzel (Germany) and Tawfiq mechanical equipment and qual- likely today Abdullah-Yiev (Azerbaijan). Talks dealt with relations between Qatar and ity departments. their countries, ways of enhancing them in various fields and issues of Engineer Khalid Ahmed Al The workshop in progress. DOHA: The weather bureau has Obaidly, Head, Treatment Sec- forecast thundershowers in parts common concern. tion, Ashghal, gave a presenta- alarm levels and a standardised of pumps and generators and of the country this afternoon and tion on work mechanism and mechanism for escalating or low- ensuring their quality and read- said rains may be accompanied procedures to meet rain emer- ering down alarm levels for Ash- iness, and distributing backup by high wind inshore. The bureau gencies. ghal and the ministry. generators at the main pumping said in a bulletin released through PHCC website promotes Ashghal, the Ministry of The presentation also included stations during the rainy sea- Qatar News Agency yesterday Municipality and Urban Plan- a detailed theoretical exercise son for early warning regarding that the seas will be rough with ning, National Control Center, of a scenario of increasing the potential emergencies, as these high wind moving to the north.