QATAR | Page 16 SPORT | Page 1 Derwael’s winning return to Over 30,000 attend world title A R Rahman’s concert venue published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11131 March 23, 2019 Rajab 16, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Rwandan president meets FM In brief Qatar reiterates QATAR | Offi cial Amir condoles with Golan belongs Iraqi president His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held a telephone conversation with Iraqi President to Syria and is Dr Barham Salih, expressing condolences on the victims of a ferry that sank in the Tigris river in Mosul, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. Page 3 Israel-occupied QATAR | Offi cial QNA alike throughout the bloody civil war Doha that has ripped the country apart since Speaker in Christchurch 2011. to off er condolences The Syrian government said Trump’s HE the Advisory Council Speaker, atar stressed yesterday its po- comments disregarded international Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid sition that Golan Heights is law. al-Mahmoud, arrived yesterday Rwandan President Paul Kagame met in Kigali yesterday with HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Qan occupied Arab land, and “The American position towards in Christchurch, New Zealand, to Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who is paying an off icial visit to Rwanda. HE the Minister of Foreign Aff airs strongly rejected any attempts to un- Syria’s occupied Golan Heights clearly convey the condolences of His conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to President Kagame, and his wishes for dermine international resolutions refl ects the United States’ contempt Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin further progress and prosperity to the Rwandan people. The Rwandan president reciprocated his greetings to the Amir, wishing which confi rm that Golan belongs to for international legitimacy and its fl a- Hamad al-Thani and the people of him health and happiness and the people of Qatar further progress, development, and prosperity. Page 2 Syria and is occupied by Israel. grant violation of international law,” a Qatar on the victims of the terrorist The Ministry of Foreign Aff airs said foreign ministry source told the offi cial attack on two mosques in the city. in a statement that Qatar stresses that SANA news agency. The Speaker and his accompanying aiding Israeli occupation undermine The source said Trump’s comments delegation were welcomed at international resolutions related to showed the extent of his administra- Christchurch International Airport occupied Golan Heights, particularly tion’s “blind bias” towards Israel. by New Zealand’s Defence Minister UN resolution No 497 of 1981, will “The statements of the US president Ron Mark and Qatar’s ambassador Qatar concerned over not change the fact that the land be- and his administration on the occupied to New Zealand Saad bin Abdullah longs to an Arab country and is under Syrian Golan will never change the fact al-Mahmoud. occupation, pointing out that Israel’s that the Golan was and will remain imposition of its laws, jurisdiction and Arab and Syrian,” the source said. SPORT | World Cup administration on Golan is void and Turkey said the change risked plung- New turf-laying record spread of Islamophobia without any legal eff ect. ing the region into a “new crisis”. The statement stressed that Israeli “We will never allow the occupation set at Wakrah Stadium occupation must conform to the reso- of Golan Heights to be made legiti- The Supreme Committee for Delivery QNA lutions of international legitimacy and mate,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan & Legacy (SC), the body responsible Istanbul withdraw from all occupied Arab land, said. for delivering the infrastructure including Golan Heights. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed required to host the 2022 FIFA The statement also stressed that any Javad Zarif tweeted he was “shocked by World Cup in Qatar, announced atar condemned yesterday the unilateral measures recognising Israel’s @realDonaldTrump continuing to try the completion of turf laying of Al vicious terrorist crime that sovereignty over the area represents a to give what is not his to racist Israel.” Wakrah Stadium, one of eight that Qtargeted worshippers in the huge obstacle to peace. Russia warned that the policy U- will host the World Cup finals. In a mosques of New Zealand, stressing its Agencies add: The Gulf Co-oper- turn could spark new confl icts. tweet yesterday, the SC said: “Our strong and fi rm stance against terror- ation Council expressed regret at US “Certainly, such appeals can con- team has broken the record for ism in all its forms regardless of its mo- President Donald Trump’s call to rec- siderably destabilise an already tense the fastest turf laying of a football tives and reasons, considering it an act ognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Go- situation in the Middle East,” Kremlin pitch...completing it in just 9 hours 15 contrary to human nature and all moral lan Heights. spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. minutes!” It added that the previous values. Trump’s statement “will not change “It’s just a call for now, hopefully it record was 13 hours 15 minutes, held Qatar expressed its deep concern re- the reality that (...) the Arab Golan will remain a call.” by Khalifa International Stadium. garding the rise of extremist ideologies Heights is Syrian land occupied by Is- The Arab League said Trump’s com- that fuel hatred and religious and eth- rael by military force in 1967,” said Ab- ments were “completely outside inter- nic intolerance around the world. dul Latif al-Zayani, the GCC secretary- national law”. It expressed concern particularly on HE Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi speaking during the opening session of the general. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman the spread of Islamophobia, combined emergency meeting of the OIC Executive Committee in Istanbul yesterday. “The statements by the American Safadi said lasting peace in the region with the ideology of racial superiority president undermine the chances of requires Israel to withdraw from all and racial extremism currently present require members of the Organisation phobia and the rejection of terrorism achieving a just and comprehensive Arab territories it occupies, including in many of the world’s societies, which of Islamic Co-operation not only to and religious fanaticism. peace.” the Golan. in turn increased hate crimes against condemn the acts, but also to counter He urged the Secretariat to update Syria, its allies, and fellow states Egypt urged “respect (for) legitimate all those who embrace Islam and led the hate speech against Muslims and to the work team formed by the co-ordi- in the region condemned President international resolutions and the Unit- to the creation of a wave of hostility fi nd ways to enact international laws to nating committee for Islamic action, Trump’s pledge, saying it violates in- ed Nations Charter on the unaccept- against those who advocate and defend combat these phenomena eff ectively which is charged with monitoring the ternational law. ability of land appropriation by force”. the causes of Muslims. and seriously. implications of Islamophobia. It breaks with UN Security Council The German government said it con- This came in the speech of HE the He stressed on the importance of He also called for activating the or- resolutions and with more than half tinued to see the region as occupied Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs dialogue among civilisations and ganisation’s observatory for Islamo- a century of US foreign policy, which Syrian territory. Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi during promoting a culture of tolerance and phobia and the voice of wisdom centre treated the Golan as occupied terri- The European Union (EU) stressed the opening session of the emergency moderation among all religions, cul- to confront this phenomenon. tory whose future would be negotiated that it does not recognize the sover- meeting of the OIC Executive Com- tures and societies as one of the most HE al-Muraikhi thanked the Turkish in talks with Syria on a comprehensive eignty of the Israeli occupation on the mittee. important tools in fi ghting racism. government for its request to hold this peace. Golan Heights, rejecting the position of HE al-Muraikhi pointed out that He noted that the time has come for emergency meeting to discuss the re- The territory’s return has always US Deputy Chief Spokeswoman of EU these and other phenomena consti- the OIC to play its pivotal role in con- cent terrorist attacks on two mosques been a key Syrian national demand, Commission Mina Andreeva, “The po- tute a violation of human rights and fronting the manifestations of Islamo- in Christchurch. To Page 3 championed by government and rebels sition of the EU has not changed.” QM installs artist Gillick’s new sculptural work at MIA Park atar Museums (QM) has an- and examples of pearl jewellery. Bourgeois’s Maman, Damien Hirst’s The lic Art at QM, said: “Through display- nounced the installation There are two images on each sculp- Miraculous Journey, Urs Fischer’s Lamp ing various forms of art in public space, Qthroughout Doha’s Museum ture. Circular holes, cut into the surface Bear, Tony Smith’s Smoke, Dia Azzawi’s we aim to inspire local talent and es- of Islamic Art (MIA) Park of a new enable people to peer through, after the Flying Man, and Sarah Lucas’s Perceval. tablish an organic connection between 10-piece sculptural work by Liam Gil- fashion of “head-in-the-hole” attrac- Temporary installations by Qatari art and the local community. We hope lick, Folded Extracted Personifi ed. tions at carnivals and fairs.