Arabic News Weekly Edition for Qatar, 5/27/2002
Weekly Edition, Qatar - Week of May 27, 2002
- Eritrea president: we will not join the Arab league, no tensions with Yemen
President of Eritrea Asyas Afourki commended the positive results and the talks he held in Qatar with its ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani. Qatar-Yemen, Politics, 5/31/2002 - Qatar pulls out from the Gulf airlines
Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Ateyah, the Qatari minister of energy and industry and Qatar's representative to the board of the Gulf Airline company said in a press statement on Wednesday that Qatar decided to withdraw from the Gulf airline company after it had refused in the extraordinary meeting of the general assembly which was held on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to pay a sum of 250 million Riyals to the company which suffers difficult financial conditions and debts estimated at USD 800 million. Qatar, Economics, 5/31/2002 - King Mohammed to pay friendship visit to Qatar
Morocco's King Mohammed VI will pay a friendship visit to Qatar part of a tour that the king will undertake to several Arab states. Morocco-Qatar, Politics, 5/28/2002 - King Mohammed receives Qatari foreign minister
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, received in Rabat this past Friday night Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad Ben Jabr Ben Jassem Al-Thani. Morocco-Qatar, Politics, 5/27/2002 - Qatar's economy minister to visit Iraq in June
Qatar's minister of economy and trade Sheikh Hamad Bin Faisal al- Thani will visit Baghdad by the beginning of June on top of a large delegation including high ranking officials and businessmen in the ministry. Qatar-Iraq, Economics, 5/27/2002 - Ruler of Qatar confers with Mauritania's minister Qatar-Mauritania, Politics, 5/27/2002
- Bridge linking Bahrain- Qatar to cost 1.5 billion
Well-informed sources said that the expected costs for constructing al-Mahba (amity) bridge between Bahrain and Qatar will reach USD 1.5 billion with a construction period expected to take three to five years. Bahrain-Qatar, Economics, 5/27/2002 - Morocco, Qatar sign package of agreements
Morocco and Qatar signed in Casablanca on Friday a package of agreements to stimulate cooperation in health, equipment, culture, education and information. Morocco-Qatar, Economics, 5/27/2002 - Qatar- Eritrea summit in Doha today
The Qatari- Eritrean summit will be held today at the Emir's court in Doha with the participation of the ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani and President Asyas Afourki of Eritrean who will be arriving in Doha at (11.30 a.m local time). Qatar-Eritrea, Politics, 5/27/2002