The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding arrangements for Qatar hosting the ICAO Facilitation Conference 2025 (FLAC 2025), slated for Q2 of 2025. In attendance of Minister of Transport HE Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, the MoU was signed by Mohammed Faleh Al Hajri, who is in charge of managing the QCAA, and President of the ICAO Council Salvatore Sciacchitano.

Al Sulaiti said that FALC 2025 will offer stakeholders an important opportunity to define priorities and establish cooperation between entities working in civil aviation and the national and international procedures on the correct identification of passengers.He added that FALC 2025 is the first of its kind in terms of combining the ministerial level and high-profile officials representing civil aviation authorities of variouscountries and the international bodies to reach a consensus to formulate global recommendations regarding key issues of air transportation facilitation. (QNA) page 13