HE Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari affirmed that Qatar Economic Forum, powered by Bloomberg, which starts on Monday via videoconferencing, constitutes an opportunity to shed light on the efforts of the State of Qatar to consolidate its position as an influential economic player in the region and a leading investment destination to value-added projects, especially in sectors that serve Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy 2018-2022 to establish a diversified and competitive knowledge-based economy.

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Education Above All and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, participated in a joint, virtual event alongside HM Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, to celebrate the milestone achievement of granting 10,000 scholarships to displaced youth, through a partnership between Education Above All's Al Fakhoora programme and Dutch NGO, SPARK.

The Media Team of Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding organized a workshop on translation between the Arabic and the Chinese language, as Chinese is the second official language of the Award's seventh session for 2021. The workshop was presented by the Academic, Writer and Translator Dr. Chang Hung Ye- known as Zahira among Arabs, who is also the Dean of the Arabic Studies at Beijing International Studies University.

The State National Day Celebrations Organizing Committee has announced the slogan for Qatar National Day 2021, "Ancestral Meadows: A Matter Of Trust". The new slogan is based on the poetry of the founder of Qatar, Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Bin Thani, may Allah rest his soul. The verses of the poem illustrate: Oh, how many caravans have passed by, Leaving behind vestiges of the fluctuations of the times, Abodes our sights are accustomed to as the seasons slip by, Our meadows ornamented with herbs. The new slogan represents the strong relationship of Qataris to their environment since time immemorial. They were raised by the characteristics of the land, coexisting with its nature, the colors of its soil and sea, the seasons, and they explored its depths so that it formed their personality and identity.

In its editorial Sunday, Al-Raya newspaper highlighted Qatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg, which will be held from June 21 to 23 under the generous patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, with the participation of the world's leading policy and decision-makers in the fields of finance, economics, investment, technology, energy, education, sports and climate.

Qatar Chamber has issued its monthly economic newsletter for May which highlighted the most prominent trends in the Qatari economy, as well as statistics related to foreign trade and trade of private sector in March 2021 according to certificates of origin issued by the Chamber.

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been re-certified by the leading standards body, BSI (British Standards Institution), for its successful compliance with the safety and hygiene measures issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Civil Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART).

Qatar Financial Center (QFC) signed six memorandum of understanding and a letter of intent with reputable Russian institutions in the fields of investment, technology and innovation, on the sidelines of the 24th edition of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021. The signed agreements aim to encourage investment in the growing business environment in the State of Qatar, as all the memorandum of understanding that were signed focused on strengthening long-term trade and investment cooperation between Qatar and Russia.

Global Ambassador for the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), Cafu, has said that the World Cup next year is the dream of every player.

In their editorials Sunday, Qatari dailies Al-Sharq and Al-Raya highlighted the Qatari participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which gave an important dimension to the Qatari-Russian relations, and opened new horizons for bilateral cooperation between the two countries in various fields.