QATAR  |  Statement
Bombing of aid convoy condemned
The State of Qatar has condemned the bombing which targeted a convoy of humanitarian aid near the Syrian city of Aleppo. In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Ministry said “the targeting of humanitarian convoy is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law and blatant encroachment of the ceasefire agreement announced recently in order to deliver humanitarian aid to besieged Syrian cities”. The statement urged the international community to shoulder its responsibilities in order to put an end to a series of inhuman violations and crimes committed by the regime in Syria, pointing to the repeated endeavours to thwart and breach the agreement. The statement called for the need to find “a comprehensive and lasting political solution” to end the crisis and alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people, according to Geneva-1 statement.

QATAR  |  Tour
Al-Kuwari meets Italian minister
HE the adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate to the post of the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, met in Rome yesterday with Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini. The meeting, held within the context of Dr al-Kuwari’s electoral tours, discussed various dimensions of the Qatari candidate’s programme.
It also dealt Unesco’s relations with Italy, as one among the organisation’s important supporters. He also met with Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi, the diplomatic adviser to Italy’s minister of Cultural Assets and Tourism.