Qatar confirms UN summit on financial crisis
November 20, 2008 00:00:00
DOHA, Nov 19 (AFP): Qatar confirmed yesterday that it will host later this month a summit on the global financial crisis at the request of UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani made the announcement at a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart David Tusk.
On Monday the United Nations said that Ban has summoned more than 20 heads of state and governments to Doha on November 28 to discuss the global financial crisis.
