Istanbul - Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani met with Turkey's President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul on Tuesday to discuss greater cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector including the building of a possible pipeline.

At a joint press conference, Sheikh al-Thani said the Gul and he had agreed on the creation of a working group for the purpose of working out possible cooperation in the energy sector.

Gul was quoted by the Anadolu news agency as saying that in addition discussions also engaged bilateral relations and problems of the region.

Before the press conference Turkish Minister for Labour and Social Security Omer Dincer and Qatari Labour Minister Sultan bin Hassan al- Dhabit al-Dousari signed a protocol on employment regulation. (dpa)