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THE Qatari Emiri Naval Forces began a joint naval exercise with British Royal Navy forces in Qatar's territorial waters on Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence's Moral Guidance Directorate said the exercise has two phases. The first phase will focus on training and lectures at Hamad International Port on firefighting, inventory of the damage, maritime communications, special ship protection exercises during docking and marine surface warfare.
The second phase includes practical exercises on minesweeping operations to clear marine channel, maritime communications, artillery and naval missile communications delivery, along with a number of other naval operational exercises.
The Directorate explained that a number of Qatari Armed Forces' state-of-the-art boats and naval equipment and those of their British counterpart will be used in the exercise, including 'Barzan' missile boat, 'Damsa' missile boat and British minesweeper 'Middleton'.
The goal of two-day exercise is to exchange experiences among participating forces, develop and standardise maritime concepts, train Qatari and British crews on various support methods and simulate missile launch from warships.
The exercise comes at the request of the British Royal Navy forces in accordance with prior agreements between the two sides within the framework of bilateral defence cooperation between the two friendly countries to support efforts to combat terrorism and smuggling operations and maintain security and stability in the region. (QNA)
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