PM attends Lekhwiya military parade

Doha: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday attended a military parade featuring all the tasks and duties of Lekhwiya force as well as a practical implementation of the graduates of a number of major training courses that Lekhwiya recently held.

The parade, which took place at Lekhwiya force camp, started with infantry entourage carried out by participants in the training course for infantry and weapons trainers as well as the foundational course of new entrants, then the descent of force personnel from the tower using ropes, and the performance of a combat skills show, martial arts and a special scenario for the release of hostages.

The parade also included a variety of acted out operations for the protection of dignitaries and riot control.

Lekhwiya force personnel attending a parade at Lekhwiya force camp as well as a practical implementation of the graduates of a number of major training courses that Lekhwiya recently held. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani attended the parade.

The military parade, in which trainees from the fraternal State of Kuwait took part, demonstrated the readiness of force personnel and the skills they obtained through constant training. In its training programs, Lekhwiya is keen to design them according to scientific basis that guarantees that the training is related to the surroundings.

It also seeks to provide the best levels of internal and external training, achieve all the tasks and duties, in addition to executing, following up on and assessing all the courses and programs at the highest level of proficiency and efficiency.

HE Public Security Director-General, Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, attended the parade along with Lekhwiya group leaders, a number of Ministry of Interior department directors, representatives of the Qatari armed forces and the assistant military attache at the embassy of the fraternal State of Kuwait to the State of Qatar.