Home | 2 Business | 13 Sport | 24 Darb El-Saii tent Euromoney: Changes in Lekhwiya, Saudi offers free oil prices to dominate giants Al Nasr in medical check-ups global economy same group for ACL The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 • 29 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6641 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC backs political solution to Syria crisis Emir takes part in Summit closing session; declaration reiterates GCC support for Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup DOHA: The 36th session of the GCC Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his facilitate, speed up and simplify customs Supreme Council concluded in Riyadh chairmanship of the 35th session of the points between the GCC countries as a yesterday with the member states Supreme Council and the significant prelude to cancellation proceedings, and declaring their strong support towards steps and achievements. It reiterated its the completion of preferential treatment the restoration of legitimacy in Yemen, support for Qatar in hosting the 2022 for GCC nationals and their families in political solution to the Syrian crisis and World Cup and backing of anything all intra-ports without exception. the fight against terrorism. that would lead to its success, wishing The Council decided to complete steps The Council also agreed on a several Qatar and its people more progress and of implementation of the common mar- joint initiatives to strengthen cooperation prosperity. ket, and to make things easy, it has been among the GCC states. The Council rejected of all forms of agreed on the formation of the judicial Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad terrorism and extremism whatever the authority which has become a pressing Al Thani took part in the closing session, reasons and justifications are and no issue where the GCC leaders are keen on chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy matter the source is. It also reiterated its finishing that up by next year. Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al stance regarding the draining of funding The Council reviewed the recommen- Saud of Saudi Arabia at Al Dir’aiyah Pal- sources for terrorism, its commitment dations and reports of the Ministerial ace in Riyadh. to the fight against deviant thought on Council, the competent ministerial com- At the outset of the session, GCC which terrorist groups are based and fed, mittees and the Secretariat General and Secretary-General Dr Abdullatif bin stressing that tolerance and coexistence approved the following: Unified system Rashid Al Zayani read out the Riyadh between nations and peoples are among (law) for consumer protection in the GCC declaration. the bases of GCC states’ domestic and as mandatory law; Unified rules for acqui- The declaration, carried by Saudi state foreign policies. sitions in the GCC financial markets; news agency SPA, called for holding an The Council condemned the terrorist Executive Regulations for the equality international conference for the recon- attacks that took place by ISIS in the of the citizens of the GCC countries to struction of Yemen after the Yemeni par- US, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali, Beirut, Bagh- benefit from health services in govern- ties reach the sought political solution Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani taking part in the 36th meeting of the GCC dad and others, stressing the GCC’s com- ment clinics and hospitals affiliated to and develop a practical programme for Supreme Council’s closing session at Al Dir’aiyah Palace in Riyadh yesterday. mitment to fight all sorts of terrorism in the ministries of health in each country; the rehabilitation of the Yemeni economy all its manifestations. Strategic inventory procedures manual to facilitate its integration with the Gulf of Syrian opposition conference held in results of Vienna conference of the con- The meeting agreed to complete the of drugs, vaccines and medical supplies economy, Qatar News Agency reported Riyadh on December 8 to 10, 2015 ensur- cerned parties. remaining requirements of the Cus- in cases of emergency. yesterday. ing the unity of Syrian territories and The Council expressed deep appre- toms Union set forth in Article I of the Continued on page 3 The Council expressed its support for independence, in accordance with the ciation and gratitude for the genuine economic agreement between the GCC a political solution in Syria and outcomes principles of Geneva (1), welcoming the and sincere efforts of Emir H H Sheikh countries including decisive actions to THE PENINSULA PM opens Floating Platforms Project Yemen loyalists Tunisian Nobel laureates call for fight seize strategic against terrorism, Palestine solution Red Sea island OSLO: A Tunisian pro-democ- The quartet of the Tunisian from Houthis racy group accepted the Nobel General Labour Union, the Tuni- Peace Prize yesterday and set the sian Confederation of Industry, RIYADH: Yemeni loyalists, fight against terrorism and help- Trade and Handicrafts, the Tuni- supported by Gulf air and naval ing Palestinians to achieve self- sian Human Rights League and the forces, have captured a strategic determination as global priorities. Tunisian Order of Lawyers was Red Sea island, the Saudi-led coa- The National Dialogue Quar- formed in the summer of 2013. It lition announced yesterday. tet, which won the Peace Prize won the award for the role it played Greater Hanish island was for helping build democracy in in the peaceful transition of power “cleansed in a well-executed oper- the birthplace of the Arab Spring, in Tunisia in a region struggling ation conducted by members of accepted the award at a ceremony with violence and upheaval. the Popular Resistance supported in Oslo held under tight security. With a new constitution, free by the joint coalition forces,” said “Today we are most in need of elections and a compromise From left: Houcine Abassi, Mohamed a statement on the official Saudi making the fight against terror- arrangement between Islamist Fadhel Mahfoudh, Abdessattar Ben Press Agency. ism an absolute priority, which and secular leaders, Tunisia has Moussa and Wided Bouchamaoui The Popular Resistance is an means perseverance on coordi- been held up as a model of how to pose with the Nobel Peace Prize umbrella of Yemeni fighters who nation and cooperation between make the transition to a democ- during a ceremony in Oslo yesterday. have been battling Houthis and all nations to drain its resources,” racy from dictatorship, said Kaci are supported by coalition troops, Hussein Abassi, head of the Tuni- Kullman Five, head of the Norwe- can nation over his shoulders. air and naval forces. sian General Labour Union, one of gian Nobel Committee. “This prize is a powerful message Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Greater Hanish is part of an the quartet honoured, said. Last year Tunisia held suc- against all types of extremism and bin Khalifa Al Thani opened the Floating Platforms Project (Yamal I and archipelago that commands “We need to accelerate the cessful legislative and presiden- terrorism. It is a message that we Yamal II) at Ras Laffan Industrial City yesterday. The Prime Minister access to the Bab Al Mandab elimination of hot spots all over tial elections. “I came here to can all live together,” he said. toured the project during which he was briefed about the capacity of the Strait between the Red Sea and the world, particularly the resolu- share this extraordinary moment In Sweden, the Nobel Prize port and its contribution to increasing the local storage of raw materials. the Gulf of Aden, through which tion of the Palestinian issue and with the whole of Tunisia. I am winners in literature, chemistry, much of the world’s maritime enable the Palestinian people the so proud,” said Haddad Fayssal, physics, medicine and econom- traffic passes. right to self-determination on a 39-year-old Tunisian engineer ics received their prizes from the It had been held by around 400 their land and build their inde- from Paris, draped with the red- King of Sweden. renegade troops loyal to former pendent state,” he said. and-white flag of the North Afri- REUTERS Stakes rise with one day president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who stepped down in 2012 before allying with the Houthis, military left in UN climate talks sources said. QSL: Al Rayyan vs Al Sadd Saudi Arabia’s official Ekhbar- Syria oppn says LE BOURGET: Weary minis- French Foreign Minister and iya television broadcast images ters tasked with rescuing man- conference host Laurent Fabius from the island of a damaged ready for talks but kind from catastrophic climate said he planned to produce a mosque and soldiers finding arms change struggled yesterday to new text, based on the overnight and ammunition. There were also Assad must go overcome a rich-poor divide, with talks, and that it was still pos- images of warships and of heli- little more than 24 hours left to sible to forge the historic accord copters hovering over the island. RIYADH: Syria’s main opposi- reach a deal. by today’s scheduled close. “The operation comes simul- tion groups agreed at unprec- The UN talks in Paris struggled “I hope, I hope that tomorrow taneously with ongoing opera- edented talks here yesterday to after 11 days’ wrangling to agree on we will have finished,” Fabius said. tions by the Popular Resistance negotiate with President Bashar key pillars of a post-2020 climate The Paris accord would rally in the (northern) provinces of Al Assad’s regime but insisted he pact, aimed at sparing future gen- 195 nations in a quest to roll back Hajja and Jawf to liberate them”, step down at the start of a politi- erations from worsening drought, emissions of fossil fuels, which the coalition said.