Ministry of Defense Participates in Watan Exercise

Doha, October 27 (QNA) - The Ministry of Defense participated in Watan exercise organized by the Security Committee for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and concluded its work today with the participation of various military, civil and organizational institutions involved in hosting the tournament, and a number of forces of brotherly and friendly countries. The objective of Watan exercise, which lasted for five days, is to enhance the role of the concerned authorities while carrying out their regular and additional tasks during the tournament, to measure the speed of response to emergency events, and to activate the command and control mechanism and joint cooperation between the military and civil authorities in order to achieve the integration of roles and the implementation of the required tasks, in addition to strengthening close cooperation and exchanging expertise and experiences with the forces participating in the exercise from brotherly and friendly countries. Watan security exercise is the largest of its kind in terms of the number of military and civilian authorities participating in it, in addition to the diversity of its scenarios based on the types of risks and potential challenges during the tournament. (QNA)