Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on Wednesday held an official talks session with HRH Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The talks, at the Ministry of Interior office, covered several topics of mutual interests, bilateral security cooperation relations and ways to boost them.

At the beginning of the session, the Minister of Interior and Commander of the Lekhwiya Force welcomed the Saudi Minister of Interior and his accompanying delegation, appreciating the keenness of the leadership in the two brotherly countries to work to strengthen bilateral relations in all areas, especially the security field.

The Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) and the Saudi Minister of Interior attended the signing of a cooperation agreement to exchange personal data and information for security purposes, and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for scientific, training and research cooperation between the Ministries of Interior in the two countries. The agreement and MoU were signed by Undersecretary of the Qatari Ministry of Interior Abdullah bin Khalaf bin Hattab Al Kaabi and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Dr Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Falih on the Saudi side. (QNA) page 2