DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting, held yesterday at its seat at the Amiri Diwan.

Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi made the following remarks:

At the beginning of the meeting, the Council welcomed the results of the official visit of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the French Republic during the period from July 5 to 7. They stressed that the results of this visit were successful due to the important discussions that H H the Amir held with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.

They also praised the meeting for promoting close bilateral cooperation in various regional and international issues as well as the agreements signed, which they described as an important positive development in the strategic relations between the two friendly countries.

They added that the deals will move the two sides to a new stage of constructive cooperation, mutual understanding and coordination for the benefit of their peoples and for the benefit of peace, security and stability in the region and the world.

Afterwards, the Cabinet discussed the subjects on schedule and made the following decisions:

The Council reviewed the programmes set by the relevant ministries in implementation of the directives contained in the speech of H H the Amir at the opening of the 46th ordinary session of the Advisory Council and decided that the designated authorities shall take the necessary steps to follow up on the implementation of these programmes.

The Cabinet then took the necessary measures to issue the following draft laws, after reviewing the recommendations of the Advisory Council on the draft laws. The first draft law was amending some provisions of Law No. (21) for the year 2015 regulating the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence in the country. The second draft law focused on amending some provisions of Law No. (1) of 2016 on the organisation of sports clubs.

The third draft law was on the promotion of competitiveness of national products and the control of harmful practices in international trade. The fourth draft law was on Road Transport of Hazardous Substances. The fifth draft law centred around regulating land transport.

The cabinet approved its draft decision to amend the regulation of some units which consist of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and appointing its specialization. The cabinet approved the suggestion of the Ministry of Transport and Communications regarding the national program to facilitate air transport.

The cabinet also approved the membership of Qatar Red Crescent Society to the standing committee for rescue, relief and humanitarian assistance. The cabinet took the necessary measures to ratify the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the media field between Qatar Media Corporation in the State of Qatar and Iraqi Media Network in Republic of Iraq.

The cabinet approved the draft MoU on cooperation in the fields of youth and sports between the government of the State of Qatar and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

The Cabinet approved to hold an economic forum on the sidelines of the first session of the Qatari-Ukrainian Joint Commission on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation (Doha, September 30 to October 2, 2018).

The Cabinet reviewed and took the necessary measures on the report submitted by H E the Prime Minister on the entrepreneurship programme and the memorandum of H E the Minister of Administrative Development Labor and Social Affairs on the same matter.

The Cabinet reviewed and took the necessary measures on the report of H E the Minister of Economy and Commerce regarding His Excellency’s draft decision to determine the procedures of establishing commercial companies and the issuance of licenses required using a single-window system.

The cabinet reviewed and took the necessary measures on the report of H E the Minister of Economy and Commerce on the results of sixth meeting of Qatari-Iranian Joint Economic Commission (Doha April, 2018).

The cabinet reviewed and took the necessary measures on the report of H E Minister of Development Planning and Statistics on the first quarterly update for the Second National Development Strategy (2018-2022).