Qatar- Summary of Local News Released Monday -2 -


(MENAFN- QNA) - The Advisory Council held Monday its weekly regular meeting of its 43rd Ordinary Session under the chairmanship of its Speaker HE Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi.

- Director of Doha Municipality Mohamed Ahmed Al Sayyed met on Monday morning with HE Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Russia to Qatar Noor Mohammad Julov.

- Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Monday adding 391.63 points (3.26%) to advance to 12,421.22 points from 12,029.59 on Sunday.

- The Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute organized Monday the sixth graduation ceremony of trainees, in the presence of HE the Assistant Foreign Minister for Services and Follow-up Affairs Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, HE Dr. the Director of the Institute Hassan bin Ibrahim Al-Muhannadi and stafff members.

- Hamad Medical Corporations (HMC) stroke service has become the first of its kind in the Middle East to be accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI).

- Qatar Airways has received the first of its 80 A350 XWB aircraft, of which the airline is the global launch customer, Group CEO Akbar Al Baker said during a press conference held at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse on Monday.

- HE President of the Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) and the Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani opened Monday the Basketball Coaching Course which is being organized by QOA for juniors and grassroots coaches.

- The State of Qatar has assumed the rotational presidency of the Organization of Arab Exporting Countries (OAPEC) for the year 2015.

- Bahrain's regular weekly cabinet meeting welcomed the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to consolidate the relations between Qatar and Egypt as well as the two countries' response which reflected a spirit of high responsibility and importance of commitment to unite and strengthen the Arab integration.

- Saudi Council of Ministers welcomed response of the State of Qatar and the Arab Republic of Egypt to the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in which he called on the two countries to strengthen ties and remove conflict's and discord causes between them.

- Deputy Speaker of Kuwait National Assembly Mubarak Al-Khurainej lauded a reconciliation initiative by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to strengthen relations between Qatar and Egypt.


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