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Doha, Qatar: Earlier this year, H E Lothar Freischlader, Germany s Ambassador to the State of Qatar and Thomas Triller, Deputy Head of Mission respons...
Doha, Qatar: Earlier this year, H E Lothar Freischlader, Germany’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar and Thomas Triller, Deputy Head of Mission responsible for economic affairs, met for a talk with representatives of the Autonomous e-Mobility Forum’s Executive Committee.
The multilateral conference, hosted by Qatar’s Ministry of Transport, and held under the patronage of H E Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, Minister of Transport, is taking place from April 30, 2024, and is set to be the pioneering exchange platform centering on driverless e-mobility, a topic of global significance and urgency.
Providing the perspective of a leading technology exporter and traditional automotive nation, the diplomats shared their observations and views on Qatar’s trajectory as a hub for dialogue, Qatari-German relations, global collaboration for a common good, and the potentials of autonomous e-mobility going forward. The German embassy indeed is the first diplomatic representation in Doha to utilize an electric vehicle as a staff car.
Reflecting on Qatar’s success staging the FIFA World Cup, Ambassador Freischlader, who has extensive experience in the Middle East, kicked off the conversation by underscoring the country’s pivot towards becoming a center for international exchange.
He noted the World Cup 2022 as an exciting, transformative event that has spotlighted the country’s organizational prowess and infrastructure development in front of a global audience, yet also accentuated Doha’s already long-standing commitment to orchestrating a diversity of high-level events even before the tournament, such as the Doha Forum, Qatar Economic Forum, and others.
