BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Hamilton wins crucial, chaotic INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-10, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 Singapore REGION 11 BUSINESS 1-7, 14-16 Qatar bank assets up 22,21900 8,375.18 49.89 ARAB WORLD 11 CLASSIFIED 8-13 +47.00 -34.30 +0.01 INTERNATIONAL 12-21 SPORTS 1-8 GP +0.21% -0.41% +0.02% 10.9% to QR1.3tn Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10580 September 18, 2017 Dhul-Hijja 27, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir attends In brief US-Islamic QATAR | Investment Kahramaa off ers QR19bn World Forum investment opportunities Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) will off er investment opportunities, most of opening in NY which target the domestic market, worth about QR19bn until 2022, its president Essa bin Hilal al-Kuwari has zIssues concerning Mena in said. Speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the ‘Buy Local Products’ exhibition in Doha, he said Kahramaa focus at inaugural session His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attending the opening of the US-Islamic World Forum in New York has succeeded in implementing yesterday. its projects on schedule and to the By Peter Alagos meeting in the coming weeks to de- highest standards of quality despite New York liberate on major issues that confront the ongoing siege. This is due to its us all. Among them, bringing an end adoption of the principle of economic to the ruinous wars raging in the Mena innovation and finding suitable is Highness the Emir Sheikh region, dealing with the immediate alternatives locally and globally, he Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at- consequences of the region’s instabil- noted, adding that the first phase of Htended the opening ceremony ity, including local and transnational the strategic water reservoirs project of the 13th edition of the annual US- terrorism and large-scale refugee fl ows, will be opened during the first three World Islamic Forum in New York yes- and pursuing a dialogue about a more Qatar rejects months of 2018. Page 4 terday. inclusive politics that can leave the re- HE the Minister of Foreign Aff airs gion and the broader Muslim world less QATAR | Reaction Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al- vulnerable to these convulsive forces. Afghanistan market Thani delivered a keynote speech at the “These are the subjects that we will opening of the two-day event. focus on over the next two days in our attack condemned His Highness the Emir also met dig- deliberations in this forum. There could Qatar has strongly condemned the nitaries present during the event, in- be no more important nor urgent task fanaticism and bombing of a local market in south- cluding the Swedish State Secretary for for all of us,” Indyk said. eastern Afghanistan, causing a number Foreign Aff airs Annika Soder, Somalia’s He added: “We at Brookings believe of deaths and injuries. In a statement Minister for Foreign Aff airs Yusuf Ga- that to do this, we need to start by lis- yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign raad Omar, High Representative of the tening to each other; and the purpose Aff airs reiterated Qatar’s firm position UN Alliance of Civilisations and repre- of this forum is to hear diverse points of rejecting violence and terrorism sentative of the UN Secretary-General views and listen to them and generate regardless of motives and reasons. in the forum Nasser bin Abdulaziz al- bridges of understanding out of that. extremism: FM The statement expressed Qatar’s Nasr, head of the Turkish Parliament’s condolences to the victims’ families, Foreign Aff airs Committee Taha Ozhan The Emir’s meeting covered By Peter Alagos ‘Doha Conference on US Relations with the government and the people of and Brookings Institution executive several issues of mutual concern, New York the Arab and Islamic World’ as part of Afghanistan, and its wishes of speedy vice- president Martin Indyk. specifi cally the topics to be global eff orts to address the repercus- recovery for the injured. His Highness the Emir’s meeting cov- discussed at the forum such as sions of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in ered several issues of mutual concern, ‘Stabilisation in the Middle East eiterating Qatar’s stance on ter- 2001. ARAB WORLD | Politics specifi cally the topics to be discussed at and North Africa (Mena)’; ‘The rorism, HE the Foreign Minister “We have to build bridges to achieve Hamas agrees to steps the forum such as ‘Stabilisation in the Future of Pluralism, Citizenship, RSheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrah- harmony between cultures. Recently, toward Palestinian unity Middle East and North Africa (Mena)’; and Religion in the Middle East’ man al-Thani declared yesterday that we have witnessed increased bigotry of ‘The Future of Pluralism, Citizenship, and and other issues the state believes in the “absolute rejec- religion and the use of selective agenda Hamas said yesterday it had agreed Religion in the Middle East’; ‘Refugees tion of all forms of fanaticism and ex- for political ends. Religion has noth- to steps toward resolving a decade- and Cities’; and ‘Counter-terrorism’. “If we’ve learned anything in the past tremism.” ing to do with terrorism but extremists long split with Palestinian President In his speech, Indyk thanked His decade and a half, it is that we’re all af- In the keynote speech at the US- work to spread the discourse of bigotry Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah, announcing Highness the Emir for supporting the fected by these issues whether we want Islamic World Forum, which opened in and isolation to exist in diff erent coun- it would dissolve a body seen as a rival forum, which assembled some of the to be or not and that they cannot be New York, he underscored the impor- HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman tries and societies, and they belong to government and was ready to hold world’s leading scholars and policy resolved without fi nding ways to work tance of addressing confl icts and po- al-Thani speaking at the forum. diff erent religions.” elections. The statement comes after makers to deliberate on pressing global together.” litical and ideological divisions in the Asserting that “the majority of re- Hamas leaders held talks with Egyptian issues. He stressed on the need to “con- Bruce Jones, vice-president and di- international community. that we have to deepen and protect re- ligious people are against terrorism,” off icials last week, and with the Gaza tinue to build bridges” between the in- rector of the Foreign Policy programme Sheikh Mohamed said under the cur- lations, and to reinforce co-operation Sheikh Mohamed reminded that while Strip run by Hamas facing a mounting ternational communities to counter the at the Brookings Institution said: “This rent “conditions and challenges,” the through direct and honest dialogue on “confronting terrorism, we have to re- humanitarian crisis. Page 11 negative impact of terrorism. year, we are happy to bring the event to global community has witnessed “in- the basis of mutual respect, which con- member that terrorism is not a popular “It has been a long and diffi cult world the sidelines of the UN General Assem- creased political division and ideolo- stitute as a basis for relations among phenomenon. There are some social, ASIA | Refugees and we still have a long way to travel be- bly in New York, since these challenges gies,” which, he said, “has led to insta- world countries,” he continued. ideological, and political reasons for the Rohingya Muslims in fore we could say that we have succeed- are truly at the centre of world events. bility in diff erent parts of the world.” Sheikh Mohamed stressed that Qatar emergence of terrorism. plea for safe passage ed in building those bridges but we have The Forum is an opportunity for frank Various unresolved issues are rife de- is continuously consolidating dialogue “There is no doubt that the relations not desisted from it,” Indyk pointed out. exchange and thoughtful dialogue to spite the issuance of several UN reso- and promoting co-existence between between the US and Muslim nations can Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in The forum has come full circle as this help chart better ways to address some lutions. “This shows that we should diff erent religions and cultures, citing infl uence this and can be infl uenced by violence-racked northwest Myanmar year’s annual gathering is being held just a of the major issues we confront today. implement these resolutions and stop the establishment of the Doha Centre this, hence there is a need for the inter- are pleading with authorities for safe stone’s throw away from the 9/11 memo- The forum, which carries theme ‘Cri- double standards, and we have to spread for Interfaith Dialogue, and events like national community to channel these passage from two remote villages that rial. According to Indyk, the forum was sis and Co-operation’, brings together the culture of understanding and co- the annual Doha Forum, as well as other communications and forum of dis- are cut off by hostile Buddhists and established by Brookings scholars in the leaders in politics, business, media, existence,” he said. conferences and meetings. course like this one to build bridges and running short of food. “We’re terrified,” wake of the 9/11 attacks seeking to under- academia, and civil society from across “We cannot call the situation of occu- “And the continuation of holding enhance co-operation between peoples Maung Maung, a Rohingya off icial at stand the dynamics that drive relations the Islamic world (including Muslim pation and oppression as co-existence.