Doha, 24 July 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The situation in Qatar with regard to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is changing daily and it can get back to normal in near future, Ambassador of Belgium to Qatar HE Bart De Groof has said. Speaking on the occasion of the National Day of his country...

19 July 2020 (AlJazeera News) International Labour Organization says MT Gulf Sky was hijacked on July 5 and all 28 Indian crew disembarked in Iran. A United Nations agency has acknowledged that a US-sought oil tanker "hijacked" off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after allegedly smuggling Iranian crude oil is back in...

Doha, 19 July 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The Turkish people will always remember Qatar’s valuable and solid support Qatar and Turkey enjoy excellent relations which is reflected from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent short visit to Qatar despite the coronavirus pandemic, said HE Mert Ozmert, Charge d’ Affaires of Turkey Embassy in Qatar....

Doha, 16 July 2020 (QNA) The Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Dr. Yury Sentyurin said that Qatar has a competitive advantage and flexible cost compared to other Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) producers, noting that reducing operating costs by 30% and the low cost production enable Qatar projects to be easily absorbed...

14 July 2020, UN News The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected an appeal, brought by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which called into question the authority of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO). Background The background to the case involves a package of sanctions brought against Qatar in 2017...

Kathmandu, 10 July 2020 (AlJazeera News) Nepal's cable and satellite television providers have stopped airing Indian news channels, with one operator saying on Friday that the move was in response to public complaints against "objectionable" content broadcast about Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The two South Asian countries have been wrangling since India opened a new...

Doha, 08 July 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The bilateral trade volume between Indonesia and Qatar has increased by almost 194 percent between March 2016 and June 2020, according to the outgoing Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar HE Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Basri Sidehabi. Talking to Qatar Tribune on the completion of his tenure...

Doha, July 08, 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddqiui THE recently held 9th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum reiterated the solidarity between the forum members in fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ambassador of China to Qatar HE Zhou Jian has said. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar HE Mohammed bin...

Nicosia, 10 July 2020 (PIO-TRNC) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay asked for clearance of the trenches of portable heavy weapons that were placed near the crossing points. Minister Özersay indicated the dissatisfaction about the issue to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP Elizabeth Spehar...

Ankara, 30 June 2020 (Anadolu News) A conference in Turkey called on Tuesday for the secretary-general of the UN to appoint a special envoy to resolve the dispute surrounding Kashmir and for it to start mediation efforts on holding a UN-sanctioned plebiscite in the region. In a 13-point joint declaration issued at the end of...