Cabinet holds weekly meeting

His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani, presided over the daily Cabinet gathering today at Amiri Diwan. Post-meeting, HE Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi, noted that the meeting commenced with the Cabinet lauding HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's address at the opening of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, held the previous day at UN headquarters in New York.

The Cabinet emphasized the key points in HH the Amir's speech, which embodied Qatar's core principles and steadfast stances at home and abroad, rooted in wisdom, resilience, and unyielding defense of its borders, dignity, and sovereignty, as well as its strategy of blending steadfastness with adaptability while placing national, people's, and soil-based interests first.

The Amir reiterated Qatar's firm positions on regional and global issues in his speech and the nation's ongoing commitment to advocating for people's rights and pursuing dialogue and peaceful resolution of conflicts. The Cabinet also praised HH the Amir's renewed plea for a regional collective security system that honors state sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, promotes peaceful dispute resolution, and refrains from meddling in domestic affairs.

The Cabinet reasserted Qatar's strongest condemnation of the Houthi group's drone assault on Makkah, calling it an egregious act of aggression, a severe breach of religious, moral, and humanitarian principles, and a flagrant provocation to the global Muslim community. The Cabinet similarly condemned the Houthis' drone attack on Taif Governorate and ballistic missile strike on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, as well as their targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Bisha, Taif, Farasan, and Yanbu.

The Cabinet reiterated Qatar's full support for Saudi Arabia and its backing of all legitimate steps taken by the Kingdom to protect its sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, and Islamic holy sites, asserting that Saudi Arabia's security is intrinsically linked to Qatar's and the collective security of GCC states. The Cabinet deliberated and endorsed a draft law creating the Unified Regulation (Law) on International Road Transport among the GCC states and its submission to the Shura Council.

Prepared by the Ministry of Transport, the draft aims to meet national legislative prerequisites for the implementation of the unified GCC regulation governing international road transport, fostering harmonization of frameworks and procedures for this critical sector. The Cabinet also sanctioned draft implementing decisions for Law No. 3 of 2025 on the Regulation of Travel and Air Cargo Agencies, prepared by the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the Civil Aviation Authority.

These decisions are intended to finalize the regulatory framework necessary for the law's application, including licensing criteria, agency responsibilities, and operational guidelines, aiming to boost travel and air cargo service efficiency and customer protection. The Cabinet also ratified a draft agreement between the Government of Qatar and the Council of Ministers of Albania on strategic cooperation in areas of shared interest.

The meeting concluded with a review of the 2025 annual reports on the Competition Protection and Anti-Monopoly Committee's work, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation's achievements and programs, HE the Minister of Labour's visit to Singapore in July 2026, and Qatar's participation in the extraordinary GCC Ministerial Committee for Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security meeting in July 2026.