Qatar-Sierra Leone Trade Meeting seeks to enhance economic ties
Sierra Leone is rich in diamonds, gold, iron and wood, and is a gateway to many African markets, its Minister of Trade and Industry Edward Hinga said as he called on Qatari investors to explore the opportunities in his country. Hinga was addressing the Qatar-Sierra Leone Trade Meeting held online on Wednesday. The meeting […]
Qatar’s first quarter trade surplus rises 62% to QR40 billion
Qatar exported goods worth QR103.8 billion and imported merchandise worth QR29.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, leading to a trade surplus of QR74.6 billion. This is an improvement of QR39.9 billion or 62.2 percent from that in the same period last year. Qatar’s export (including exports of goods of domestic origin and re-exports) […]
Kaabi meets with Pakistani ministers of defence and petroleum
Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Saad Sherida Al Kaabi met with Pakistan’s Federal Defence Minister and special envoy of the prime minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik in Doha on Friday. Discussions during the meeting dealt with bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation in the field of […]
Qatar summons Indian envoy over controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Ambassador of the Republic of India to Qatar HE Dr Deepak Mittal and handed over an official note to him, expressing the disappointment of Qatar and its total rejection and condemnation of the controversial remarks made by an official in the ruling party in India against […]
PM meets Indian Vice President
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani met with Vice President of the Republic of India Venkaiah Naidu and his accompanying delegation at the Amiri Diwan on Sunday. During the meeting, they reviewed the relations of cooperation between the two countries and the ways to enhance and […]
Opportunities galore for Qatari investors in Egypt: Sheikh Faisal
Investment relations between Qatar and Egypt have been bolstered further as the Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) and the Egyptian General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) held a meeting to discuss mutual opportunities and possibilities. While the focus of the meeting stayed on strengthening bilateral investment cooperation, it saw the two sides agreeing […]
MoPH inaugurates Qatar Cancer Information Center
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched Qatar Cancer Information Center (QCIC) platform in the presence of a group of specialists and academics from Qatar and the GCC countries. QCIC is considered the reference of national cancer data and information in Qatar to enable data-driven and evidence-based cancer planning and policymaking, in addition to […]
Sheikha Hind attends TEDinArabic event in Amman
The importance of harnessing human potential to solve global challenges has been emphasised at the second regional event that took place under TEDinArabic — the global Arabic language initiative established by Qatar Foundation and TED — held in the Jordanian capital of Amman. Attended by Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice […]
Qatar, UK sign pact to boost cooperation in education
Governments of Qatar and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on enhancing bilateral relations in the sector of education and increasing understanding and knowledge exchange between the two countries through expanding educational partnerships. Qatari Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi and British […]
‘Construction projects will see no drop in pace after the World Cup’
Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) at Qatar Chamber has held a hybrid seminar titled “Collaborative Contracts in Construction Projects”. The seminar comes as part of QICCA’s keenness to raise awareness of contractual and legal matters in a way that contributes to avoiding or reducing commercial disputes. Introducing the seminar, Sheikh Dr […]