HH The Amir, President of Croatia Witness Signing of Agreements and MoUs

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HE President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović witnessed the signing of a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding between the governments of the two countries at the Presidential Palace in Zagreb on Monday morning.

They witnessed the signing of an agreement on cooperation in the cultural field aimed at organizing cultural events and encouraging rapprochement between the two friendly societies; an agreement on mutual exemption of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and private passports to encourage mutual visits and consolidate bilateral relations; and a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in education, higher education and science aimed at establishing cooperation between educational institutions in both countries.

HH The Amir and HE the President also witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Defense of the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia on military cooperation; a memorandum of understanding for agricultural cooperation to benefit from joint experiences in food security; a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the sport field to exchange experiences and training camps; and a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between Qatar University and the University of Zagreb aimed at promoting joint academic cooperation in exchanging academic experiences and cooperation in terms of joint scientific research and exchange of student visits, as well as an agreement for cooperation and joint news exchange between Qatar News Agency and Croatian News Agency.

The signing was attended by Their Excellencies members of the official delegation.