Doha: The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inaugurated Qatar IT Exhibition (QITCOM 2019), organized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications under the theme "Safe and Smart Cities". The inauguration was at-tended by President of Rwanda Paul Kagame at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) on Tuesday morn-ing.
The Amir and President of Rwanda toured the exhibition during which they were briefed by a number of exhibi-tors in the fields of entrepreneurship, technological and digital projects, and programs related to smart transfor-mation and ICT. They also listened to a brief explanation on smart city building services, infrastructure develop-ment, smart solutions and their role in promoting digital transformation and ways to benefit from them.
The inauguration and the tour were attended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minis-ter of Foreign Affairs of Iran Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nechirvan Barza-ni, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, and a number of Ministers, experts, entre-preneurs, and officials from communications and information technology sector.
