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H H Sheikha Jawaher bint The Peninsula Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani, wife of the Emir, will patron- atar will remain a The Minister of ise the graduation ceremony safe haven and sup- Justice noted of the female students porter of the that international tomorrow. oppressed as empha- humanitarian law Qsised by Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al today faces serious Emir holds phone Thani, said Minister of Justice challenges, especially H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al in situations of talks with Buhari Mohannadi yesterday, noting armed conflict. Qatar’s adherence to this prin- mir H H Sheikh Tamim ciple since the era of the bin Hamad Al Thani Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with French founder Sheikh Jassim bin held last evening a envoy for the Gulf Crisis, Bertrand Besancenot, who is on a visit to Doha. The meeting E Mohammed bin Thani. phone call with Nigerian Qatar’s government insti- He added that this sympo- discussed developments in the Gulf crisis and Kuwaiti mediation efforts. President Muhammadu tutions and national sium comes at the heart of the Buhari. The call dealt with committees are keen to uphold mission of the national commit- bilateral relations between the principle of the rule of law tee for international the countries and ways of and continue their efforts to humanitarian law established developing them, as well as increase community awareness in order to embody the issues of common concern. of this principle, said the Min- approach of Qatar under the Move to strengthen cyber security ister of Justice during his speech leadership of Emir H H Sheikh at the inauguration of the inter- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Al Kawari wins national humanitarian law Qatar’s wise leadership Fazeena Saleem on Cyber Security” has been Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar, symposium. believes in the principle of con- The Peninsula developed by QNRF, as part of representatives from the Minis- first round vote The event was organised by flict prevention, maintenance Qatar Foundation Research and try of Interior and Ministry of the national committee for of peace, security and peaceful n a major move to further Development (QF R&D), and the Transport and Communications E Dr Hamad bin international humanitarian law resolution of disputes. strengthen country’s cyber Scientific and Technological and several other dignitaries. Abdulaziz Al Kawari, in cooperation with its coun- The Minister said participa- Isecurity, a joint initiative Research Council of Turkey. The strategic importance of H Qatar’s candidate for terpart in Morocco to draw tion of the Moroccan delegation between the Qatar National It also aims to pool knowl- cyber security, the need for the post of Director-General attention to the great legal risks in this symposium underlines Research Fund (QNRF) and Tur- edge, expertise, and resources wider awareness on the subject, of Unesco, has won the first and serious violations that have Morocco’s seriousness in respect key’s leading research agency in tackling cyber-safety priori- the role of research and inno- round of elections with 19 become normal for some coun- of international laws and its firm was launched yesterday. ties of Qatar and Turkey. vation in safeguarding Qatar’s votes. tries, in disregard of the commitment to the principles The research collaboration “Academia-Industry Coop- cyberspace and critical infra- Dr Al Kawari is compet- conventions and treaties which of international humanitarian aims at developing innovative eration on Cyber Security” was structure were the subjects ing with six candidates, fall under the banner of inter- law. solutions to Qatar’s cyber secu- launched at the Qatar National highlighted during the event. including three Arabs. national humanitarian law, the rity needs. The programme Convention Centre (QNCC) in The second round of vot- Minister stressed. → Continued on page 4 “Academia-Industry Cooperation the presence of Fikret Ozer, → Continued on page 7 ing will take place today. QTA & Qatar Qatar Media Corporation CEO meets French envoy PHCC treats 15,000 citizens Airways extend ‘free’ of three siege nations stopover offer The Peninsula imposed on Qatar. Importantly, these patients have received espite the unjust block- exactly the same level of care The Peninsula ade imposed on the and similar treatment as any Dcountry, a total of other Qatari citizen. atar Tourism Author- 15,000 citizens of Saudi Arabia, PHCC has emphasized that ity (QTA) and Qatar UAE, and Bahrain have received after 120 days of the blockade, QAirways announced health care services at health its 23 health centres, continue to yesterday that they would centres since June 5, the Pri- provide normal services, noting continue offering their mary Health Care Corporation that the medical teams provide attractive stopover package (PHCC) said yesterday. health service without any dis- until the end of the year, fol- It indicates that the health- crimination. “PHCC health lowing excellent results from care services in Qatar are centres are providing health phase one. provided to all patients with- services as usual, we are com- The enticing offer — part Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media Corporation, H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad out any discrimination. mitted providing primary health of a broader +Qatar cam- PHCC has received 10,550 care services to all people in the Al Thani, met yesterday with French Ambassador to Qatar, Eric Chevallier. The meeting paign — encourages all Saudi Arabian citizens, 3,353 country, including all GCC discussed media relations between the two countries. transit passengers to add from Bahrain and 1,284 from nationals. Qatar to their travel plans the UAE, since the blockade was → See also page 8 and provides transit passen- gers with an opportunity to discover the country. The offer includes free luxury hotel stays and com- Mobile phone prices go down as new models emerge plimentary transit visas. Initially planned to run from May until the end of the sum- Sachin Kumar to 20 percent in the last few iPhone 6 and 7 and Samsung retailer are even offering free- QR2,599 in June this year but now mer, the offer will The Peninsula months. Galaxy S7 and S8 declined, after bies such as free cover with it . it is available at QR2,499. Simi- now continue until Decem- Tech giants Apple and Sam- these new models reached the iPhone 6 Plus with internal larly, Samsung S7 with 32 GB ber 31. During the initial rices of existing phone sung had recently announced the local market. 64GB internal memory was trad- internal memory was being sold period, the country welcomed models have fallen signif- launch of their latest models last iPhone 7 plus with 128GB ing at QR2,099 in September last at around QR2,000 but it is now 34 percent more transit pas- Picantly after the launch of month. Apple announced it had internal memory was being sold year, but now the customer can available QR1649, showing a fall sengers compared to the new models by phone makers, launched its iPhone 8 and iPhone at QR3,199 in March this year, get hold of the same model at of 18 percent. Other models have same period in 2016. giving consumers chance to own X while Samsung launched its but now the same model is avail- QR1,699, a fall of 20 percent. also witnessed the same trend. cell phones at lower rates. Prices Note 8. able at QR2,899, showing a Samsung S8 with 64GB inter- → See also page 8 of existing models have fallen up Prices of existing models decline of 10 percent. Some nal memory was being sold at → Continued on page 8 02 HOME TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 Emir approves Cabinet’s Condolences conveyed to Tajikistan President decision; issues decrees QNA Republic of Turkey, which was signed in Doha on October 7, signed in Trabzon on December 2015. mir H H Sheikh Tamim 18th, 2016, annexed to this H H the Emir also issued an bin Hamad Al Thani decree and to have the force of instrument of ratification approved yesterday law in line with Article 68 of the approving a draft air services the Council of Minis- constitution. agreement between the Govern- ters’ decision No. 40 H H the Emir also issued ment of the State of Qatar and Eof 2017 establishing the national Decree No. 70 of 2017, ratifying the Government of Australia anti-drug committee. The deci- a cooperation protocol in the signed in Doha on November 17, sion is effective starting from its field of journalism and media 2016. date of issue and is to be pub- between the governments of the H H the Emir issued an lished in the official gazette. State of Qatar and Republic of instrument of ratification H H the Emir also issued Turkey, which was signed in approving the ratification of a Decree No. 68 of 2017, ratifying Doha on December 2, 2015, memorandum of understand- a cooperation agreement on cul- annexed to this decree and to ing on the development of ture between the governments have the force of law in line with cooperation in the field of of the State of Qatar and the Article 68 of the constitution.