HH The Amir inaugurates the Lekhwiya camp building, witnesses the readiness of the tournament security force, and signals the start of the Watan exercise

 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inaugurated this morning the building of the Lekhwiya Force Camp.

At the beginning of the visit, His Highness unveiled the building’s plaque and listened to an explanation about the building’s units and its various facilities and modern equipment. His Highness also witnessed an air show of the paratroopers group, an explosive squad, the women’s force, cavalry performances, riot control forces, the special unit (Ledfaweya) and the Qatar International Search and Rescue Group. . His Highness also witnessed a presentation of the readiness of the security force for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. His Highness also visited the shooting range, the multi-service building and the medical services building.
After that, His Highness launched the signal for the start of the "Watan" exercise, which is organized with the participation of all military, civil and organizational authorities and a number of forces of brotherly and friendly countries, in the framework of preparation and preparation for hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, where His Highness was briefed on part of the joint military exercises between the authorities Security, military, regulatory bodies, and insurance procedures during the tournament to ensure the effectiveness of the cooperation mechanism between all participating parties, and measure readiness to ensure that the required security and organizational success is achieved during hosting.
His Highness watched a visual presentation of the most prominent scenarios that will be dealt with in the exercise. His Highness was also briefed on the preparatory preparations that precede the field exercise, and the role of the concerned authorities while carrying out their tasks during the hosting of international sports tournaments to measure the speed of response to emergency events, and activate the command and control mechanism.
His Highness the Amir was accompanied by His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, His Excellency Major General Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal Al Thani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Commander of the Lekhwiya Force, a number of senior officials of the Ministry of Interior and the Lekhwiya Force, heads of delegations, bodies participating in the exercise and leaders security and senior officials