“It’s the kind of place you can imagine your kids running around, feeling safe, and enjoying some quiet time away from the noise,” he said.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held phone talks on Wednesday, during which they discussed efforts to resume and implement the Gaza ceasefire deal.
The Prime Minister, who described the Qatar Amir as his "brother", said trade featured prominently in the talks and the two countries want to increase and diversify trade linkages.
India and Qatar on Tuesday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and signed a revised pact for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion concerning taxes on income.
India and Qatar are set to strengthen their economic and trade ties with the India-Qatar Joint Business Forum, scheduled to be held here on Tuesday.
There’s been severe criticism, primarily in the Western media, of the gross exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar’s bid to host football’s World Cup that began in Doha last week. There’s more than a grain of truth in the accusation, and there are dollops of hypocrisy about it.
32 teams will be eyeing glory in this once-in-every-four-years football extravaganza. The teams are hosts Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, the Netherlands, England, Iran, USA, Wales, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland, France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia, Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Canada, Morocco, and Croatia, Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon, Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, and South Korea.
When Denmark plays at the men’s Fifa World Cup in Qatar this winter, their shirts will mask the name and logo of their sponsor, the sportswear brand Hummel. One of the strips is all black, which Hummel described as the “colour of mourning”.
The regime in Afghanistan may have inked a few economic and trade agreements with its neighbours, but it has yet to secure formal recognition for its government from any side.
In the most recent sales session, which lasted from July 5 to August 16, 520,532 tickets were sold on a first-come, first-served basis, according to FIFA.
