HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables of congratulations to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and President of the Republic of Slovakia Andrej Kiska on their countries’ national days.

 

Session on narcotics

QNA/Doha

The Permanent Committee on Drugs and Alcohol Affairs organised in Doha yesterday the third session on narcotic substances for the permanent committee staff at the Abu Samra border.

The organising body has prepared a programme including a number of lectures and documentary films about definition of narcotic substances’ types in addition to modern methods used for the trafficking of drugs.

Major Ibrahim al-Samih, secretary-general of the Permanent Committee for Drugs and Alcohol Affairs, said the session has been held for the third year for the committee staff at Abu Samra border, as part of the four-year committee’s national strategic plan regarding axis of preventive education, adding that all bodies working in the country are concerned about the National Anti-Drug Strategy.

 

Military meeting

HE Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Air Vice-Marshal Ghanim bin Shaheen al-Ghanim met yesterday with Peninsula Shield Forces’ Commander Major General Hasan Hamza al-Shahri. They discussed issues of joint interest related to advancing GCC military relations..

 

Exercises

The Armed Forces General Command has announced that a special forces group will carry out exercises on reconnaissance plane (drone training ) at the special forces group camp starting from today until Tuesday September 30 from 7am to midday.

 

 

 

 

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