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HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent cables of congratulations to President of Gambia Alhaji Yahya Jammeh on his country’s Independence Day.
FM receives
British parliament
delegation
HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met a joint delegation of members of the House of Lords and House of Commons of the UK Parliament in Doha yesterday.
Talks during the meeting dealt with means of enhancing and promoting the British-Qatari relations in addition to a number of issues of mutual concern, especially the latest developments in the region.
Civic Minister meets envoys
HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi held separate meetings yesterday with ambassadors of Singapore and Russia, Wong Kok Bonn and Noor Mohamed Julov, respectively.
Talks during the two meetings dealt with means of enhancing co-operation in the areas of municipal affairs and environment.
Mall of Qatar
to open in
August this year
The Mall of Qatar, described as ‘one of the largest shopping malls in the world,’ will be opened in August this year, a senior official of UrbaCon Trading & Contracting announced yesterday.
“The Mall of Qatar will open in August,” stated Qatar-based UrbaCon’s CEO Moataz al-Khayyat.
The Mall of Qatar site is surrounded by one of the upcoming stadiums for the FIFA 2022 World Cup, he explained, referring to the importance of the location.
“The Mall of Qatar will attract visitors from the other Gulf states as it is also located next to the railway project that will link Qatar and the GCC in 2019,” he observed.
The 450,000sqm Mall of Qatar will have 7,000 parking spaces, a premium Carrefour hypermarket, a family entertainment area of 16,500sqm, Salam luxury department store, over 100 restaurants, 500 stores, an indoor streetscape with double height flagship stores from across the globe as well as a Cinemacity complex of 19 cinema screens including the largest IMAX laser 3D in the world, two signature restaurants and a 5 star Fashion Hotel with 210 rooms operated by Curio Collection Hilton.
The family entertainment area is to feature KidzMondo, an impressive scaled-down miniature city, providing role playing real life experience for children.
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