QNA
Doha
The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Wednesday, applauded the outcome of the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s European tour from September 2 to 5, which included official visits to Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi said the Cabinet emphasised that the fruitful talks HH the Amir held with leaders and senior officials of the three countries, and the memoranda of understanding signed during the tour affirmed the joint keenness on elevating the existing friendship ties between Qatar and each of Sweden, Norway and Finland, and opened up promising prospects for developing the relations and expanding investment partnerships, as well as promoting mutual understanding on various regional and international issues, thus establishing a new and advanced phase for bilateral cooperation between the State of Qatar and the three countries across various fields.
The Cabinet then approved a draft law on extending the concession granted to the Qatar Ports Management Company and approved a draft decision of the Minister of Labour regarding the regulation of the conditions and procedures for licensing the recruitment of workers from abroad on behalf of others.
The Cabinet reviewed the proposal put forward by the Shura Council regarding the disadvantages of the use of technology by young people and the views of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in this regard, and took the appropriate decision thereon.
The Cabinet took the necessary measures to ratify a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of public prosecution between the Public Prosecution of Qatar and the Office of the Attorney-General of El Salvador.
The Cabinet approved:
1- Draft memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of crime prevention between the General Department of Public Security at the Ministry of Interior of Qatar and the Las Vegas Police Department in the United States of America.
2- Draft memorandum of understanding on conducting political consultations on issues of common interest between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Haiti.
3- Draft memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Qatar and the United Nations Development Programme.
The Cabinet also reviewed and took appropriate decisions on:
1- The 9th annual report on the results of the work of the National Explosives Affairs from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
2- Two reports on the results of the work of the Artificial Intelligence Committee.
3- Report on the results of the visit of Qatar’s delegation headed by the Minister of Transport to China to discuss aspects of cooperation in the field of transportation, communications and infrastructure.
4- Report on the results of the participation of Qatar’s delegation headed by the Minister of Commerce and Industry in the 7th session of the Qatar-Iraq Joint Committee for Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation.
5- Report on the results of the participation of Qatar’s delegation headed by the Minister of Municipality in the 38th session of the General Assembly of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development.