Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani chaired the Cabinet meeting yesterday at the Amiri Diwan.
After the meeting, the Cabinet announced that, as of Sunday, October 23, 2022, masks will only be needed inside health facilities.
Also, all employees and workers whose nature of work requires being present in closed places and communicating with customers need to wear masks during their work hours.
Following the meeting, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sulaiti issued the statement.
At the outset of the meeting, the Cabinet commended the outcomes of the meeting of the 8th session of the Qatari-Turkish Supreme Strategic Committee, held in Istanbul under the chairmanship of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey H E Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The meeting, along with the agreements and memoranda of understanding that were signed within its framework, reflected the depth of the strategic relations between the two fraternal countries, the understanding and common aspiration to expand economic cooperation, and develop the investment partnership in all fields in a way that serves the interests of the two fraternal countries and their people.
The Cabinet also welcomed the results of the state visit of H H the Amir to the Republic of Kazakhstan during the period from October 11-14.
The Cabinet stressed that H H the Amir’s talks with H E President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the agreements and memoranda of understanding that were signed gave a new boast to the developing relations between the two countries on various fields.
The Cabinet also stressed that the participation of H H the Amir in the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), held in Astana, Kazakhstan on October 13, and His Highness meetings with a number of countries’ leaders participating in the summit, strengthened Qatar’s role and its continuous endeavors to encourage dialogue and understanding between countries and to resolve disputes by peaceful means.
The Cabinet gave approval of a draft law regarding dividing the estate law and referring it to the Shura Council. The draft law was prepared to speed up the procedures for distributing the estate among heirs according to their legal shares to avoid negative impacts of related delay.
It also gave approval of a draft Cabinet decision to issue the executive list of law No. (1) for 2021 regarding military decorations, orders, medals and flags.
Among the provisions included in the draft decision are provisions related to the procedures for awarding medals, the nomination controls for awarding them, their forms, the method of wearing them, and their ceremonies.
It also approved hosting the training course organized by the Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) on the Arab framework for describing qualifications of pre-university education (Doha - from October 24-26).
The Cabinet followed up the arrangements and preparations for hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and took the appropriate decision in their regard.
The Cabinet reviewed the 10th report regarding the work of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee. The committee, established within the Civil Aviation Authority, is concerned with the several specialization, including developing general policies relating to the civil aviation security, coordination between Ministries and government agencies and other entities involved in the implementation of the National Program for the security of Civil Aviation, evaluating the criteria and procedures in force, in line with the technological developments in the fields of the security of civil aviation and other technologies related to them, and verifying the taking of all the security considerations into account when building new airports or developing of existing airports.
