Doha: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired yesterday the Cabinet’s regular meeting. Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Hassan Lahdan Saqr Al Mohannadi said the following: At the outset of the meeting, the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his visit to the Kingdom of Morocco on March 11 and 12, during which he chaired the Qatari side at the 7th meeting of the Qatari-Moroccan Joint Supreme Committee.
The Minister stressed that the meeting of the committee and the agreements, programs and Memorandums of Understanding signed at the end of the meeting strongly boost the distinguished relations between the two countries and their bilateral cooperation in various fields for a strategic partnership that meets the aspirations of the two brotherly peoples, in accordance with the directives of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his brother King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
After that the Cabinet reviewed topics on its meeting’s agenda as following: The Cabinet took the necessary measures to pass a draft law on national service after it reviewed the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the draft law.
The Cabinet also took the necessary measures to issue a draft law amending some provisions of Law No. 5 of 2015 regarding similar commercial, industrial and public shops and street vendors after it reviewed the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the draft law.
Pursuant to the amendment, a decision by the Cabinet, based on the proposal of the Minister, shall determine the licence period according to the type of the shop. This period may be renewed for a period or other similar periods after completion of the prescribed fee. The competent department shall renew the licence accordingly at the request of the concerned party.
Moreover, the Cabinet approved the proposal of the Interior Ministry to amend some provisions of the Cabinet’s decision No. 49 of 2013 on establishing the Standing Committee for Reviewing Recruitment Applications at the Ministry of Interior.
It also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Municipality and Environment on the terms and conditions of the replacement procedure of substituting and transferring the precondition of the government lands disposition by the state to the beneficiaries and the lands or housing owned by them.
The Cabinet, meanwhile, approved the accession of the State of Qatar to both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
It also approved the hosting of the 14th edition of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) in 2018 in Doha and the participation in the China International Import Expo (Shanghai - November 5-10, 2018).
