Bilateral Qatar-US hostage restoration train concludes | The Peninsula Qatar

Doha, Qatar: The three-day bilateral Qatar-US hostage restoration train, organized underneath the auspices of Minister of Inside and Commander of Lekhwiya Drive HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani concluded on Tuesday in Doha.

The train, organized by the Qatar Worldwide Academy for Safety Research (QIASS) on the officers’ membership within the Inside Safety Drive camp (Lekhwiya), noticed the participation of the Ministry of Protection, the Ministry of Inside, the Ministry of International Affairs, the State Safety Company, and the Inside Safety Drive (Lekhwiya) from the Qatari facet. From the US facet, the train noticed the participation of representatives of the Division of State, the Division of Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the US Embassy in Qatar.

This train, which is being held for the primary time outdoors the US, comes throughout the cooperation agreements between the 2 international locations within the fields of coaching and planning on all duties associated to coping with crises and combating terrorism.

Inspector Common of the Lekhwiya drive Brigadier Common Hamad Hassan Al Sulaiti mentioned that the train had many optimistic indicators, because it confirmed the state of cooperation and coordination between the US safety businesses and their Qatari counterparts in all points associated to nationwide safety, stressing the significance of cooperation between the 2 international locations and praising the function of the US Embassy in organizing the train.

For his half, HE Particular Envoy for hostage Affairs of the US of America Roger Carstens valued Qatar’s efforts to make this train profitable, saying that this displays the significance of strategic cooperation and joint work between the 2 international locations within the safety subject.

He added that these workshops and common conferences are of nice significance for exchanging and sharing experience and profitable experiences within the subject of combating terrorism and rescuing hostages whereas highlighting the right mechanism for coping with such points.

For his half, HE Ambassador of the US of America to the State of Qatar Timmy Davis that they’re happy that Qatar was chosen to be the primary nation to host this train in appreciation of its pioneering function and optimistic participation in addressing hostage points within the Center East and Africa. He identified that this cooperation represents step one in a sequence of multilateral partnerships on this subject, which they aspire to help Qatar’s endeavors to host the 2032 Olympic Video games.

The train mentioned the assorted hostage restoration operations, together with strategies and techniques of negotiating with the abductors, methods to talk with the media throughout these occasions, in addition to studying concerning the newest methods and expertise used within the subject of combating terrorism, strategies and mechanisms of navy intervention throughout hostage restoration operations, and the newest strategies used of their restoration.

The train actions concluded with a commencement ceremony, throughout which certificates had been distributed to the individuals from Qatar and the US, who thought-about this train a really perfect solution to put together the businesses and companions to work with one another at any time when wanted.