H E Dr. Federico Camilo (second right), H E Mohamed Ali Sobhani (fourth right) and H E Abdul Hakim Dalili (fifth right) during the farewell dinner with hosts and guests.
Doha: Pakistani community in Qatar recently hosted a farewell dinner in honour of outgoing ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran, H E Mohamed Ali Sobhani, and outgoing ambassador of Dominican Republic, H E Dr. Federico Alberto Camilo, at Pistachio restaurant.
Present at the occasion were members of diplomatic corps, prominent Pakistani community members and guests including Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H E Abdul Hakim Dalili; Dr. Fariborz Samadian, Chairman, Swiss Business Group; Prof. Farhan Chak; Ali Ahsan, Counselor Pakistan Embassy; Taher Afzal, CEO, Under Control Security; Mahboob Khaled; Farhan Khan; Qaiser Anwar; Najeeb Ullah; Afaq Haleem; Dr. Shoukat Dar; Kamran Rehmat; Osama bin Javed; Poet Ijaz Haider and Taher Mahmood.
Ashraf Siddiqui welcomed the guests for joining the Pakistani community to bid farewell to the distinguished outgoing envoys of Islamic Republic of Iran and of Dominican Republic.
Mohamed Ali Sobhani, outgoing ambassador of Iran thanked the hosts for arranging the dinner which witnesses their friendly relations with fellow other communities living in Qatar with harmony.
The envoy said that his stay in Qatar has been very successful and specially in building close bilateral relations between Qatar and Iran. The envoy lauded the wise leadership of State of Qatar and resilience shown during major challenges like of illegal blockade imposed on Qatar and COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Federico Camilo, Dominican envoy said that although his stay in Qatar has been short, less than two years, however, he will always cherish his stay of Qatar.
He said that Dominican Republic and Qatar are working closely to build strong relations and there are couple of proposals under discussions including air link between two capitals Doha and Santo Domingo.
He said that Dominican Republic provides a base of connectivity between Latin American states and Qatar mainly for cargo and boosting tourism. He thanked the Pakistani hosts for arranging Pakistani traditional cuisine in honour of outgoing ambassadors.
Ambassador of Afghanistan Abdul Hakim Dalili in his address on the occasion thanked the leadership of Qatar and other partners in peace for their support and cooperation to Afghan people.
He expressed hope that various factions of Afghans sitting together and discussing their issues will reach amicably to a right solution which will bring peace and security as well as prosperity in Afghanistan and at large to the region.
He thanked Pakistani community hosts for inviting him also on the occasion of bidding farewell dinner in honour of outgoing ambassadors of Islamic Republic of Iran and of Dominican Republic.
