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Summary of Local News Released Sunday

Here is a summary of local news released Sunday: – HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Sunday a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day.

– HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar on the anniversary of the Statehood Day.

– HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Sunday a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day.

– HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar on the anniversary of the Statehood Day.

– HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani sent Sunday a cable of congratulations to HE Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique Adriano Afonso Maleiane, on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day.

– HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Robert Golob on the anniversary of the Statehood Day.

– Under the auspices of HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, HE Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai inaugurated on Sunday six postal stamps marking the 10th anniversary of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani’s accession to the reins in the country.

– HE Minister of Labor Dr. Ali bin Saeed bin Smaikh Al Marri met Sunday with HE Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Qatar Hamid Reza Dehghani.

– HE Minister of Justice Masoud bin Mohammed Al Amri met on Sunday with HE Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the State of Qatar Arman Issagaliyev.

– HE Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Head of the Qatari Hajj Mission Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem made an inspection tour of the camps of Qatari pilgrims in Mina and Arafah, after the preparations of the camps were completed and distributed to the campaigns.

– The State of Qatar participated in the 58th Regional Meeting of Directors General of Customs of the North of Africa, Near and Middle East region, and the 141st/142nd Sessions of the WCO Council, held at WCO Headquarters in Brussels.

– The Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the United Nations Office, organized the 2nd edition of the Diplomatic Community Football tournament under the theme “Sport for Peace, Human Rights and Development”. The objective of this event was to harness the power of sports to promote shared values of cooperation and solidarity.

– The Qatari Hajj Mission hosted Hajj campaigns owners at the mission’s headquarter in Makkah Al Mukarramah. HE Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Head of the Qatari Hajj Mission Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem met with the campaigns’ owners.

– Qatari Hajj mission visited the residence of Qatar’s pilgrims in Makkah Al Mukarramah after the completion of the arrival of the state pilgrims to the holy lands to perform the rites of Hajj for this year 1444 AH. The visit aimed to stand on the pilgrims’ residency conditions, assure the readiness of Hajj campaigns to provide best services to pilgrims, and enable them to perform Hajj in comfort and easiness.

– Pilgrims from the State of Qatar will head to their camps in Mina on Monday morning to spend the day of At-Tarwiyah, 8th of Dhul-Hijjah, to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet Mohammed “peace be upon him”, and they will head to Mount Arafat Tuesday morning.

– HE Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia Francisco Echeverri received a copy of the credentials of HE Issa bin Jaber Al Kuwari as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Colombia.

– HE Chairperson of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbaeva met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Uzbekistan Hassan bin Hamza Hashim. (MORE)

Source: Qatar News Agency