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The Council of Europe and Qatar on Monday signed a technical cooperation agreement to secure Qatari stadiums hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with a budget of 600,000 euros (dollar 744,546), and to comply with an European convention on sporting event security enacted last year. The agreement was signed in the French city of Strasbourg between the Council of Europe's deputy secretary general, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, and the Qatari representative to the council, Brigadier Ibrahim al-Mohannadi, reports Efe.