DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the graduation ceremony of the second batch of cadets of Mohammed Bin Ghanem Al Ghanem Maritime Academy, at the Academy's headquarters in Al-Shamal on Monday.
The ceremony was attended by several sheikhs, ministers, heads of diplomatic missions and military attaches accredited to the State, and high-ranking security and military leaders in some brotherly and friendly countries.
The ceremony was also attended by several senior officers of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, the Amiri Guard, the State Security, the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), guardians of graduates and guests.
The national anthem was played at the beginning of the ceremony. Then the commander of the graduates' queue came forward requesting His Highness the Amir to inspect the queue of the 63 graduates from Qatar.
After reciting verses from the Quran, and the march of the graduates' queue, and the military parade, His Highness the Amir honoured the outstanding graduates. After that, the flag was handed over from the second batch to the third batch, and the appointment order was read out. At the end of the ceremony, officers of the second batch took the oath and recited the College anthem.