The Ministry of Public Health of the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Health and Family of Romania (hereinafter referred to as "Parties"), desirous to promote friendly bilateral ties and being convinced that this co-operation will contribute to the improvement of the health status of their population, have agreed upon the basic terms and areas of health cooperation as follows:

Article 1
The two Parties will exert all efforts to develop and promote health co-operation between their states in the fields of health, medicine, nursing and medical sciences and to encourage mutual exchanges of experience on such themes identified as priorities for both Parties.

Article 2
The two Parties will take the necessary measures to cooperate in the health and medical fields to especially achieve the followings:
a) The Ministry of Health and Family of Romania, within its competence, will encourage experts in medicine and health services to share their expertise in Qatar, upon the latter's request. for a specific time, and the State of Qatar will cover all their expenses during their stay in Qatar. according to its current systems.
b) The two parties will examine the possibility of treatment in Romania of those cases that could not be treated in Qatari hospitals. The terms and conditions of such treatmants will be agreed upon on a case-to-case basis. All expenses will be covered by the State of Qatar.
c) The two Parties will exchange on request researchers, experts and postgraduate trainers in addition to information and scientific research materials and films in the fields of medicine and public health and other means to boost health awareness in order:
- to lay down the foundation for co-operation and to benefit from the developed services in both states.
- to give the chance for physicians in each state to get acquainted in the development of health services in the other country by promoting periodic visits according to mutually agreed plans.
- to co-ordinate and cooperate between the two states in the fields of training, combating communicable and endemic diseases and to lay down the means that facilitate the application procedure.
- the Ministry of Health and Family of Romania will encourage the Romanian scientific societies in the fields of health and medicine to participate in all projects and activities undertaken by similar societies in Qatar and to provide them with their assistance and support.

Article 3
The two Parties will encourage direct co-operation between hospitals, nursing schools and other health corporations.

Article 4
The two Parties will exchange information on health legislation

Article 5
To ensure the execution of this Agreement's provisions and to develop mutual co-operation between the two states, the two Parties have agreed to form a joint committee whose members would be appointed by the two ministries on an equal number and equal status basis to cooperate in the field of health and to discuss all matters relating to this particular Agreement in the following areas:
- To follow up the execution of this agreement's provisions and to lay down the necessary recommendations in order to present them to the concerned authorities in both states.
- To present the appropriate suggestions in the areas covered by this Agreement.
- To study any disagreements that might appear upon the implementation of this agreement and to suggest appropriate solutions to solve them. The recommendations are valid only upon the agreement of the concerned authorities in both states.
The above mentioned committee shall meet in turn in Doha or Bucharest. Meetings will be headed by a Qatari or a Romanian official according to the country where the meeting will be held.

Article 6
Any other previous understanding or agreement regarding co-operation between the two Parties will be terminated at the date that this present Agreement comes into force.

Article 7
This Agreement can be amended in writing with the mutual consent of the parties. The amendments will enter into force under the same procedure as described under Article 9.

Article 8
Any disagreement during the implementation of the present Agreement will be solved amicably through consultations between the two Parties.

Article 9
The parties will notify each other on the completion of internal legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement. The date of the latter notification will be deemed t be the date of the entry into force of the Agreement.
The agreement will have a validity of one year and can be automatically renewed for further periods of one year provided that neither party notified the other party of its termination. Such notification should be sent at least six months before the expiry of the period of validity of the Agreement.
The termination of the Agreement will not affect the rights and obligations resulting from the projects which have been concluded during its period of validity unless it is a mutual written agreement of the parties.

Article 10
Done in Bucharest, on 13- 6- 2002 in two originals, each in the Arabic, Romanian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic.
In case of differences of interpretation, the English text will prevail.

MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE STATE OF QATAR Dr. Hajar Bin Ahmad Hajar

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY OF ROMANIA Dr. Daniela Bartos