Cabinet Holds Weekly Meeting

1/1/2025

HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting today at the Amiri Diwan.
As part of the session’s proceedings, the Cabinet approved, in principle, a draft law prepared by the Ministry of Culture on artists and artistic professions. The draft law, which aligns the Third National Development Strategy – particularly towards developing creative sectors – aims to support the sustained creativity of artists by regulating means in which they can practice their profession. The Cabinet also approved taking the necessary measures to ratify a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic, commercial and technical cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Colombia.
The Cabinet approved a draft agreement between the State of Qatar and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on organising a regional conference on preserving documentary heritage in Doha in 2025.
The Cabinet went on to approve a draft agreement on cancelling visa requirements for diplomatic, special and service passport-holders between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Rwanda; a draft MoU on cooperation in  labour and human resources development between the State of Qatar’s Ministry of Labour and the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation; a draft MoU for cooperation in the social development and family field between the State of Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; and a draft cooperation agreement between the State of Qatar’s Al Daayen Municipality and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria’s El Bayadh Municipality.
At the meeting’s conclusion, the Cabinet reviewed three reports, making decisions accordingly. These included a report on the progress in implementing nationalisation and role replacement plans within government entities; a report on the outcomes of participating in the 101st Governing Body of the Arab Labour Organization session; and a report on the outcomes of the 41st Saudi Agricultural Exhibition.