Doha: The Qatar-Singapore High Level Joint Committee yesterday held a meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean headed his delegation at the meeting at the Emiri Diwan.
Both sides discussed cooperation between the two countries and means of enhancing them in the economic and investment fields.
They also exchanged views on regional and international issues of joint interest.
The Premier and Singaporean Deputy Premier witnessed the signing of three memorandums of understanding — on cooperation in the legal field between both governments; cooperation in the education field between Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Ministry of Education in Singapore; and cooperation and exchange in the field of development and capacity-building of government officials and leaders of the sector between Qatar Leadership Centre and the Civil Service College in Singapore.
The Premier and the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore also witnessed the signing of minutes of the joint statement of the meeting in which both sides underlined their commitment to continue the work of the panel as the major pillar of cooperation between the two countries. They welcomed the development of relations as each side has been cooperating in various fields since the first meeting of the committee in October 2006, particularly economic cooperation, training in the fields of civil service and urban planning, cooperation in the fields of security, civil defence, information technology and communications and the legal field.
The two sides welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the legal field, between Qatar’s Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Law in Singapore. They also welcomed the renewal of an MoU on cooperation and exchange in the field of capacity- building of officials and leaders of the sector between Qatar Leadership Centre and the Civil Service College in Singapore.
They agreed to hold the committee’s next meeting in Singapore at a date to be set later through diplomatic channels. The Premier also hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and his delegation.QNA
