​The Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention) was signed today on behalf of the State of Qatar by His Excellency Ali Bin Fahad Al-Hajri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the United States. The Ambassador was accompanied at the signing ceremony by Mr. Essa Al-Mannai, Deputy Chief of Mission and chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Qatar in Washington. D.C.

The ICSID Secretary-General, Ms. Meg Kinnear, and the ICSID Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Nassib G. Ziadé were among the World Bank Group officials witnessing the signing ceremony.

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