Cabinet holds weekly meeting

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani chaired the Cabinet s regular meeti...

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting, held on Wednesday morning at the Amiri Diwan.

Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi stated the following:

The Cabinet considered the topics on its agenda and approved the Minister of Finance's draft resolution amending the exemption limits granted to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, which aims to encourage entrepreneurs to participate in government tenders, thereby enhancing competitiveness, diversifying the contractor base, and reducing risks. This comes in line with the country's directives and strategic plans to empower the private sector and increase its contribution to the economy.

The Cabinet decided to take the necessary measures to ratify an agreement on the promotion and protection of mutual investments between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Dominican Republic. The Cabinet also approved Qatar's membership in the WorldSkills Asia Organization, the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation and exchange of expertise in the field of development planning between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the State of Kuwait, the draft railway link agreement between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the draft MoU on political consultations on issues of mutual interest between the State of Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Cabinet also approved a draft agreement on the mutual exemption from entry visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Republic of Paraguay, a draft agreement on the mutual promotion and protection of investments between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and a draft MoU on joint cooperation in the field of museums between the Sate of Qatar's Qatar Museums Authority and the People's Republic of China's Cultural Heritage Administration of Sichuan Province.