DOHA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Qatar and the United States are holding a workship on fighting terror financing as part of their joint efforts to combat terrorism, local media reported Thursday.
The two-day technical exchange workshop on Domestic Designation opened on Wednesday, in line with the efforts by Qatar to establish an integrated and operational system for domestic designation, the reports said.
The opening session was chaired by Chairman of Qatar's National Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Committee Sheikh Fahad bin Faisal Al Thani, and attended by legal experts, law enforcement officials and technicians at all levels.
U.S. officials from the Justice and State departments would exchange technical information and expertise with Qatari counterparts on anti-money laundering and combating terror funding, the reports said.
Sheikh Fahad mentioned that the workshop aimed at providing technical assistance and exchanging experiences between Qatar and the U.S. in the Domestic Designation system.
He also said that a workship was held last week already with the participation of experts from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on financial investigations.
The latest workshop was held under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on combating terrorism financing signed in July between Qatar and the U.S. Qatar was the first country to sign an executive programme with Washington to fight terrorism.
On July 11, Qatar and the U.S. signed the MoU on combatting terrorism and its financing during the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Doha.
Tillerson was attempting to end the Gulf crisis after the Saudi Arabia-led Arab quartet, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed sanctions on it early June, accusing it of financing extremist groups and supporting terrorism. Doha has strongly denied these charges.
