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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: World's Attention Turns to Doha Friday, Awaiting for World Cup Draw

The attention of athletes and football fans in the world will turn on Friday to the Qatari capital, Doha, to closely monitor the results of the Final Draw ceremony for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the first historic tournament hosted by the State, which will kick off on Monday, Nov. 21, on Al Bayt Stadium and will conclude on Sunday Dec. 18 at Lusail Stadium.




Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets Chinese Foreign Minister

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met on Wednesday with HE State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries, currently held in China.


Raising the Flags of 8 Teams Who Qualified to the World Cup Qatar 2022

Doha continued its flag-raising ceremony of countries whose national teams reached the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, ahead of the competition's draw on Friday. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) the ceremony to celebrate the qualification of eight teams to the World Cup, they are; Morocco, Tunisia, Canada, Portugal, Cameroon, Ghana, and Senegal.


Doha to Continue Impressing World on Thursday by Hosting FIFA Congress for 2nd Time

Doha will be the capital of global sport par excellence, and the focus of the world's attention, as it hosts on Thursday the 72nd FIFA Congress meeting at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), a day before the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, that will take place on Friday at 7:00 pm local time, and which football fans around the world await.


Minister of Public Health, WHO's Director-General Inaugurate WHO Office in Qatar

HE Minister of Public Health Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari and HE WHO's Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today inaugurated a new WHO country office in Qatar to strengthen cooperation between Qatar and WHO, support the achievement of Qatar's national health goals and contribute to regional and global public health work.


Smart City Expo Doha 2022 Kicks Off

Under the patronage of HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, Smart City Expo Doha 2022, the region's exclusive smart city world congress organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in partnership with Fira de Barcelona, opened to wide acclaim at Msheireb Downtown Doha on Tuesday.


Doha Forum 2022/ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets Officials

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met separately on Sunday with HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Felix Ramon Plasencia; HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya Raychelle Omamo; HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Saifuddin Abdullah; HE First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova; HE Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov; HE former US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft; HE Executive Director of the United Nations Development Program Achim Steiner; and HE the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West, on the sidelines of Doha Forum 2022.


HH the Amir Inaugurates 20th Doha Forum

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended today the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of Doha Forum, held under the theme "Transformation into a New Era," at the Doha Sheraton.