Doha, March 22 (QNA) - Here is a summary of local news released Tuesday: - HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Tuesday a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Namibia Hage Geingob on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
- HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met with HE President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame at Sheikh Abdullah Bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday.
- Within the solid and distinguished relations that bond the State of Qatar to the Republic of Rwanda and their friendly peoples, comes the visit of HE President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame to Doha, where HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani welcomed him to a meeting where they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them in various fields of cooperation, especially in the economic and investment fields.
- HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Tuesday a cable of congratulations to HE President of the Republic of Namibia Hage Geingob on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
- HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani sent on Tuesday a cable of congratulations to HE Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.
- HE President of the friendly Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame met with HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at the Sheraton Doha Hotel on Tuesday.
- HE Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Dorin Recean met with HE Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in the Republic of Moldova Meshaal bin Mohammed bin Ajaj Al Kubaisi.
- HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani awarded the Hamad Bin Khalifa Sash to HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, in recognition of his valuable efforts in serving the country, when HH the Amir met him at Sheikh Abdullah Bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday.
- HE Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater met Tuesday with HE Minister for Public Health of the Afghanistan Caretaker Government Qalandar Ebad, who is visiting the country.
- Qatar Armed Forces concluded the Stormy Waves (1) joint exercise with the US side, attended by various units of the Armed Forces, the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security and the Civil Aviation Authority.
- The State of Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the statements of the Israeli Minister of Finance, in which he denied the existence of the Palestinian people while using a map of Israel that included borders of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories.
- The State of Qatar stressed the important role played by the family, as the main unit on which society is based, in supporting the promotion and protection of the rights of its members, and as the natural environment for the growth and well-being of children, and stressed the importance of the family's role in children's enjoyment of digital benefits and their protection from its harms.
- The State of Qatar stressed that the chosen path to reach a political solution in Syria has almost reached a deadlock due to the lack of seriousness of the Syrian regime and its insistence on using the security and military solution based on arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, killing, torture, destruction, forced displacement, siege, the use of internationally banned chemical weapons, and the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian objects, and committing the most heinous crimes and gross violations of human rights.
- The State of Qatar hosted a roundtable meeting between delegations from the Ministry of Health of the Afghan caretaker government, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to coordinate efforts to eradicate polio and discuss the health situation in Afghanistan.
- HE Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines Enrique Manalo met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Philippines Ahmed Saad Al Hamidi.
- HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Tuesday with HE Ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to Qatar Dr. Mustafa Boutoura on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. (MORE)