Qatar, Iran sign agreement to connect Doha, Tehran Flight Information Regions

Qatar and Iran have signed a bilateral agreement for operational processes to connect the Doha Flight Information Region (Doha FIR) with the Tehran FIR, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) said on Monday.

They also signed an agreement to increase the number of flights between the two countries. Establishing a Doha FIR has begun based on a recent decision by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).The signing ceremony was attended by HE the Minister of Transport Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi.The two agreements were signed by Mohamed Faleh Alhajri, who is in charge of managing the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, head of the Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) of Iran.Qatar’s ambassador to Iran Mohammed bin Hamad al-Hajri, director of the Asian Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yousef Sultan Larem, and several senior transportation officials from both countries were also in attendance. The two ministers attended a series of meetings on reinforcing co-operation in the transportation industry.

 

At the maritime transportation level, all matters relating to activating the Qatar-Iran maritime transportation and port management memorandums of understanding were discussed, as well as all matters regarding the removal of all obstructions to help further boost and facilitate transportation andtrade between harbours in the two countries, the MoT said.Investment opportunities in the ports sector were also covered.The meetings were also attended by ambassador al-Hajri, Larem and several senior transportation officials from both countries.