DOHA: The Advisory Council held its regular weekly session under the chairmanship of Speaker H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud.
The council discussed the Services and Public Utilities Committee’s report on a draft law on industrial zones. After an extensive discussion of the draft law, which comes within the framework of draft laws aimed at keeping pace with the economic development taking place in the country, the council approved the draft law in a modified form and decided to submit it to the Cabinet.
The Council also discussed a draft law on regulating road transport and decided to refer it to the Services and Public Utilities Committee for depth study and submit a report thereon to the Council.
Al Mahmoud briefed the Council about his meeting with the Canadian parliamentary delegation, in which they discussed the parliamentary relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen and boost them, as well as the unjust siege imposed on the State of Qatar and its violations of international law.
The Speaker praised the Canadian position on the siege expressed by the delegation during the meeting.
The delegation stressed its understanding of the position of Qatar which calls for dialogue.
The delegation of the Canadian Parliament also affirmed its rejection to the siege and urged the immediate lifting of it because of its negative consequences. The delegation will also convey a true picture of these negative effects to the Canadian Parliament.
