Qatar planning to host World Postal Congress
Qatar will make efforts to host the Universal Postal Union’s World Postal Congress in 2012, chairman and chief executive of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said yesterday.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first Arab postal stamps exhibition, being hosted by Q-Post, at Villagio mall.
Al-Ali said the exhibition would help participants exchange ideas and expertise and expressed the hope that it would help enhance co-operation between various postal corporations of the region.
The event will boost Qatar’s image, al-Ali said, terming the exhibition “a feather in Q-Post’s cap.”
Seventeen postal corporations and prominent philatelic societies of the region have set up pavilions at the venue. Among the collections are some of the first and the latest stamps issued by the postal corporations of the region.
Referring to Q-Post activities, Al-Ali said the corporation has brought about several innovations by introducing the latest technology. He said Q-Post has implemented several services as part of Qatar’s e-government project.
The chairman said Qatar would take the lead in forming an Arab Philately Society. “The exhibition is a first step in this direction and the Q-Post is sure that it will help enhance people’s knowledge of the culture, history and traditions of the region.”
Among those present at the inaugural ceremony were ambassadors of Palestine and Djibouti Muneir Abdullah Ghanam and Mohamadi Ali Mohamadi respectively.
Qatar will make efforts to host the Universal Postal Union’s World Postal Congress in 2012, chairman and chief executive of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said yesterday.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first Arab postal stamps exhibition, being hosted by Q-Post, at Villagio mall.
Al-Ali said the exhibition would help participants exchange ideas and expertise and expressed the hope that it would help enhance co-operation between various postal corporations of the region.
The event will boost Qatar’s image, al-Ali said, terming the exhibition “a feather in Q-Post’s cap.”
Seventeen postal corporations and prominent philatelic societies of the region have set up pavilions at the venue. Among the collections are some of the first and the latest stamps issued by the postal corporations of the region.
Referring to Q-Post activities, Al-Ali said the corporation has brought about several innovations by introducing the latest technology. He said Q-Post has implemented several services as part of Qatar’s e-government project.
The chairman said Qatar would take the lead in forming an Arab Philately Society. “The exhibition is a first step in this direction and the Q-Post is sure that it will help enhance people’s knowledge of the culture, history and traditions of the region.”
Among those present at the inaugural ceremony were ambassadors of Palestine and Djibouti Muneir Abdullah Ghanam and Mohamadi Ali Mohamadi respectively.
