QNA
Doha
His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani graciously patronised the graduation ceremony of the 20th batch of cadets at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College, which took place at the college’s headquarters on Thursday morning.
The ceremony was attended by a number of sheikhs and ministers.
Also present at the event were Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Abdiqadir Mohamed Noor, alongside senior leaders of military and university colleges, institutes and academies from sisterly and friendly countries.
The ceremony saw the presence of heads of diplomatic missions, military attaches, and officers from the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, the Amiri Guard, the State Security, the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), as well as other key security and military leaders.
After playing the national anthem, the commander of the graduates’ queue came forward requesting HH the Amir to inspect the queue of the 296 graduates from the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Federal Republic of Somalia, and Rwanda taking part, followed by the march of the graduates’ queue and the military parade. Then, HH the Amir honoured the top achievers in the batch.
After that, the flag was handed over from the 20th to the 21st batch, and the appointment order was read out. At the end of the ceremony, officers of the 20th batch took the oath and recited the College anthem.