HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani presided over the graduation ceremony of the 11th batch of officer candidates at Ahmed bin Mohamed Military College yesterday.
The ceremony was attended by HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, ministers, ranking army officers and commanders of the military colleges of other countries.
Upon Emir’s arrival on the podium the band played the national anthem. Then the Emir reviewed the parade presented by the graduates.
The ceremony began with recitation of the Holy Qur’an before the graduates performed the military parade.
HH the Emir honoured the outstanding batch of graduates.
The 11th batch then handed over the flag to the 12th batch. An order for promotions was read out and the graduates took the oath.
The Commander of the Ahmed Bin Mohamed Military College, Major General Hamad Ahmed al-Nuaimi, delivered an address in which he expressed gratitude to the Emir for presiding over the graduation ceremony of the 11th batch of the collage.
Major General al-Nuaimi congratulated the Emir on the occasion of the graduation of this batch of Qatari cadets.
The batch, including 89 cadets, will be distributed among the Armed Forces, the Police, the Internal Security Forces (Lekhwiya), The Emiri Guard and the State Security, in addition to other nationals from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Libya, al-Nuaimi said.
Al-Nuaimi added that under the vision of HH the Emir for this college to be a meeting place and a source of establishing friendly relations with others states, it received for the first time students from Jordan and Tunisia to join the 15th batch.
After the graduation ceremony, the Emir opened the Watersports Complex of the College.
The complex includes the latest equipment according to international standards for various water sports, treatment and rehabilitation therapy.