Canada–Qatar relations

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Canada-Qatar relations
Map indicating locations of Canada and Qatar

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Canada and Qatar enjoyed friendly relations and coordination on the international field, long before Qatar’s Embassy opened in Ottawa in 2011, including their joint military collaboration during the 1st Gulf War and in the international campaign to liberate the Libyan people. Diplomatic relations between the two nations were established in 1974.[1]

The Governor General of Canada, David Johnston and his wife visited Doha in 2011, and a parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker of the Senate, Noël Kinsella visited Qatar in the same year. In 2012, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird opened Canada’s Embassy in Doha and conducted another official visit in 2013.

Canada and Qatar were involved in a dispute over Qatar's bid to relocate the International Civil Aviation Organization from Montreal to Doha in 2013. In May of that year, Qatar withdrew its bid, stating that it did so to “preserve the close and historic friendship” between the two countries.[2]

  • 7200 Canadians Expats living and working in Qatar
  • Two Canadian prestigious colleges:
  • Newfoundland and Labrador’s College of the North Atlantic
  • The University of Calgary Nursing School
  • Qatari Airways operate 3 flights weekly between Montreal and Doha.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Qatar University (QU) and Dalhousie University, Canada, has formalized collaboration in the field of ocean sciences and cooperation in the development of research and training opportunities.
  • Toronto Sick Kids have Five year partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation to provide advisory services for the development and operation of the new 217-bed, 45,000 square foot children's hospital located in Hamad Medical City, a large, not-for-profit health-care complex in the heart of Doha, Qatar’s capital city.
  • Prominent Canadian companies such as Bombardier, Norsk Hydro, Forrec, SNC-Lavalin are participating in Qatar’s growth and wide scale projects.

Military relations

During the 1991 Gulf War, Qatar allowed coalition troops from Canada to use the country as an airbase to launch aircraft on CAP duty.[3]

References

  1. ^ Department of External Affairs. "Press Release". DFATD Digital Library. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Canada: Qatar gives up bid to relocate UN agency". Times of Israel. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ Toth, Anthony. "Qatar: Historical Background." A Country Study: Qatar (Helen Chapin Metz, editor). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (January 1993). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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