Qatar, Uruguay to enhance ties in education, sport fields

*Amir, Uruguayan president hold talksHis Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dr Luis Lacalle Pou, held an official talks session at the Amiri Diwan Monday.They discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing and developing them, especially in the diplomatic, educational, and sport fields. They also reviewed issues of joint interest.The Amir and the Uruguayan president witnessed the signing of an agreement and several memoranda of understanding (MoU) between the two countries.Both sides witnessed the signing of an MoU on cooperation in the youth and sports fields, and an MoU for cooperation in the education field, and an agreement on mutual exemption from entry visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, private, official, regular and mission passports, as well as an MoU for cooperation in the field of diplomatic training between the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Artigas Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.The session and the signing ceremony were attended by a number of ministers.On the Uruguayan side, it was attended by a number of members of the official delegation.The Amir hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the president and the accompanying delegation.Earlier upon arrival at the Amiri Diwan, Dr Pou was accorded an official reception.