Qatar and Bosnia vow to boost ties

Doha - Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani held a session of official talks with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Zvizdic, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.

During the talks session, the two sides discussed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries, ways of developing and enhancing them in various fields and reviewed regional and international developments of common concern, especially the situation in the region.

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on health field, drug production and employment of health workers, memorandum of understanding on cooperation in youth field, memorandum of understanding on education, higher education and scientific research, in addition to a twinning agreement between the municipality of Doha city and the city of Sarajevo.

A number of Their Excellencies the ministers attended the session of official talks and the signing ceremony of the agreement and the memorandums of understanding, along with members of the accompanying official delegation from the Bosnian side.

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh and the Bosnian Chairman of the Council of Ministers also held a bilateral meeting during which they reviewed a number of issues of common concern.

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister also hosted a luncheon banquet in the honour of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and his accompanying delegation.