The head of EMS on an official visit to the Land Forces of the State of Qatar

(To Army Majority State)
16/11/18

The visit to Qatar of the chief of staff of the Italian Army, general of the army corps Salvatore Farina, ended, during which he met the Qatari military leaders.

On his arrival, General Farina was received by the Chief of Defense, Major General Ghanim Shaheen Al Ghanim and subsequently visited the Command of the Land Forces where, accompanied by Major General Mohamed Ali Al Ghanim Al Madeed, commander of the Land Forces, the main land vehicles and the simulation systems used by the Earth Forces Training Center have been illustrated.

The Army Chief of Staff attended some phases of the Eastern Action Exercise, in progress at the Al Ghalalil training area, and then visited the "Ahmed Bin Mohammed" Military College receiving an illustration of the skills of the activities by the commander of the institute, Major General Fahad Mubarak Al Khayareen.

Founded in the 1996 by its height the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, with the task of preparing cadets for the army and the police, the college is a modern structure and with training areas located in the immediate vicinity.

At the end of the meeting, the SME chief expressed words of appreciation for the consolidated collaboration relationship between the Territorial Forces of Qatar and the Italian Army, highlighting the sense of friendship and cooperation already underway and confirming the willingness to increase in future joint training activities, to make the two armies increasingly interoperable.