Qatar – Gulf Times
November 21 2016 01:09 AM
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin
Khalifa al-Thani and HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet
Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud with French Foreign Minister
Jean-Marc Ayrault and Turkey’s former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the
opening of the ninth edition of the World Policy Conference at Doha Sheraton Hotel
yesterday. In his opening speech, the Prime Minister welcomed the participants and
extended his thanks to French Institute of International Relations and to all those who
contributed to the organization of the conference. "We are all aware that our modern
world is going through an unusual stage full of serious challenges for security,
stability and sustainable development due to the continued disruption of the global
system which suffers from double standards in dealing with peoples’ issues", the
Prime Minister said. "However, more efforts should be made to maximize what has
been achieved in the field of scientific progress and investment in human
accomplishments in all aspects of life which made it impossible for any country to
remain in isolation and away from the international surrounding", he added.