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 YBhg. Dato’ Mohd Izani Ghani welcomed the proposal and
will liaise with ASHGHAL on UEM’s plan to resolve the
claim.

 On 15 April 2019, UEM once again met with
representative from Ashgal to discuss about the
outstanding claims. The meeting was held in conjunction
with the visit by the Director of International Cooperation of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar to
Malaysia on 15-17 April 2019.

 On 19 April 2019, YBhg. Dato’ Mohd Izani Ghani had a
meeting with with YBhg. Dato’ Sri Shahrul Ikram Yaakob,
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the
latter’s office. During the meeting, YBhg. Dato’ Sri Shahrul
Ikram expressed support to UEM on the outstanding
claims issue and will raise the issue with his Qatari
counterpart during the proposed meeting this year.

Source: UEM Group’s Report, Dec 2019

II. Sime Darby Berhad against Qatar Petroleum

 In April 2006, Qatar Petroleum (QP) awarded Sime Darby
Engineering (SDE) a contract to build and upgrade its oil
exploration facilities at the Bull Hanine and Maydan
Mahzan Fields. The contract valued at QR946 million
(RM951 million), was targeted to be completed by August
2008. However, the project was only completed in July
2009. SDE had incurred overrun costs due to the
prolongation cost and had submitted claims to QP
amounting to QR970 million. QP had rejected SDE
initiatives for a mutual commercial settlement.

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