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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sent a cable of congratulations to President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on the country’s Independence Day.
The King extended sincere congratulations and best wishes of good health and happiness to the Georgian president.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also wished the government and friendly people of Georgia further progress and prosperity.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater and HE France’s Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, on Friday opened the meeting of the working group in the field of international development within the Qatari-French strategic dialogue.
Representatives from the Qatar Fund for Development, Silatech Foundation, and Education Above All Foundation will participate in the meeting on the Qatari side, while the French side will be represented by the French Development Agency, Expertise France, and Proparco Agency.
Source: Qatar News Agency
HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater met here on Friday with Director-General of the French Red Cross Nathalie Smirnov.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to boost joint cooperation.
Source: Qatar News Agency
Doha” stole the show at Qatar Prix de l’Elvage horse race claiming the HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the race award in the second category for female purebred Arabian horses, aged 4 years and over, for a distance of 2000 m, held under the auspices of the Racing and Equestrian Club at Toulouse Racecourse in France.
“Doha” increased its score to two wins in four entries, for a distance of 2000 m. It also came in fourth place in the Qatar Award in the first category for female purebred Arabian horses at the age of 3 years, at the Saint-Cloud racecourse in France in 2022, in addition to its second-place finish in the second category race at Toulouse Racecourse April 2023.
Source: Qatar News Agency
The President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, visited today, Friday, the Tangiers Court of Appeal, on the sidelines of the visit of a high-ranking judicial delegation to the Kingdom of Morocco.
The media office of the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement that “Zaidan and his accompanying delegation visited the Tangiers Court of Appeal and were received by the president and members of the court.”
The statement added, “Judge Zaidan was briefed on the corridors of the court and the nature of work in it,” noting that “this visit comes on the sidelines of the visit of a high-ranking judicial delegation to the sisterly Kingdom of Morocco.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
The Ministry of Transport confirmed, on Friday, that the Development Road Conference, which will be held tomorrow, in the presence of representatives from 10 countries, will witness the launch of the project by Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Sudani, pointing out that the conference will witness the announcement of practical steps.
“The conference, which will be held tomorrow, Saturday, will witness the launch of the Development Road Project by Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sudani, in the presence of 10 countries,” Younis al-Kaabi, Director General of the Railways Directorate at the Ministry of Transport, told the official agency (INA).
He added, “The project will not necessarily witness the signing of a protocol, but rather it will confirm the support of the countries present for this important and vital project, which will include a message from Iraq to those countries that the development road will include all participating countries and will support their trade movement with Europe, passing through Iraq.”
He continued, “The project is Iraqi par excellence, and the Iraqi Ministry of Transport is responsible for its implementation, and it will include a railway line and a highway starting from the port of Al-Faw in Basra Governorate, passing through the country’s governorates, and reaching the Iraqi-Turkish border,” pointing out, “The financing for the implementation of the development road for railways and roads will be completely Iraqi.
Regarding the implementation period before the completion of the project, Al-Kaabi explained, “The preliminary and final studies of the project lasted a year, and we have now entered the design phase and launching the project tomorrow means starting practical steps in terms of topographic survey procedures, as well as soil discovery. There are contacts with the economic, archaeological and heritage departments, as well as oil, water resources and governorates to avoid any possible contradictions in the path or course of the project. “
He continued, “The official launch tomorrow will witness the announcement of the practical steps in each part of the project, and any part whose designs are completed will be referred to international bids within projects implemented by the best international companies.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency