Qatar Foundation Welcomes President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly

Qatar Foundation (QF) welcomed the President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, to Education City today.

H.E. Mr. Lajčák, who also serves as Slovakia’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, was in Qatar on a state visit and was welcomed at QF Headquarters this morning, where he was accompanied by Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed Al Thani, the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN.

During his visit, H.E. Mr. Lajčák was given a comprehensive presentation highlighting QF’s different academic institutes, science and research centers, and community development initiatives.

H.E. Mr. Lajčák also heard how QF’s flagship development, Education City, serves as a hub of academic excellence, housing a range of educational facilities, from QF schools to partner universities and its homegrown institution, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Following the presentation, H.E. Mr. Lajčák was taken to the open-air viewing platform on the eighth floor of QF HQ, where he was shown the education and research buildings of Education City, and discussed future plans at QF.

Concluding the visit, H.E. Mr. Lajčák signed the Visitors Book to commemorate his visit.