Doha: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development hosted Ollanta Humala, President of the Republic of Peru, as part of his visit to Qatar, yesterday.
Engineer Jassim Telefat, Group Executive Director of Qatar Foundation Capital Projects and Facilities Management, received the President and his delegation at the Qatar Foundation Visitor’s Centre.
During the visit, President Humala listened to a presentation outlining the vision and mission of Qatar Foundation. He was also introduced to its many initiatives, community development plans, scientific research programmes, and sustainability and environmental conservation solutions.
After the presentation, President Humala and his delegation were shown an impressive 3D scale model of the current educational and research buildings in addition to future construction projects at Qatar Foundation.
Delegation member, Luis Castilla, Peruvian Minister of Economy and Finance expressed his delight at Qatar Foundation’s vision of unlocking human potential through education, science and community development and said, “Our visit to Qatar Foundation today has been an inspirational experience for us with regards to the development of a similar vision in our own country through the engagement of the private sector. Like Qatar, Peru is rich in natural resources and we have seen here today how a great vision will enable us to expand our own research and development initiatives.”
The visit concluded with President Humala signing Qatar Foundation’s visitor book after which he was presented with an honorary gift. President Humala’s visit was aimed at enhancing bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Peru, and to discuss a number of regional and international issues of common interest to the two nations.
Qatar and Peru recently signed a number of agreements to establish bilateral cooperation between their Foreign Ministries. Other cooperative agreements have been formed between the two states in the fields of higher education and scientific research, mining, commerce, trade and investment with the latter established between Qatar Holding and Peru’s Private Investment Promotion Agency.
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