HH the Emir Attends National Day March on Doha Corniche

DOHA, December 18 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani attended on Sunay morning the national march the Qatari Armed Forces, the Interior Ministry, the Internal Security Force (lukhwiya) and the Emiri Guard have presented on the Doha Corniche this morning marking Qatar National Day Celebrations. The presentation was also attended by HH the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, HH the Emir's Personal Representative HH Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and HH the Emir's Personal Adviser Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani. HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al Thani, HE the Deputy Premier and Chairman of the Administrative of Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, HE the Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al Kholeifi and visiting Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (LNTC) Mustafa Abdul Jalil also attended the presentation. A number of Their Excellencies sheikhs, the ministers and state's dignitaries, the members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Qatar along with a number of senior officers of the armed forces and the police and other distinguished guests also attended the national day celebrations. The grand parade started with playing Qatar's National Anthem and then some verses of the Holy Quran were recited. An 18-shot salute was fired in honour of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Then the parade started with the participation of several units of the air, naval and land forces along with the military police and a combined formation of military equipment and machinery including tanks, classic and modern multi-functioning armoured vehicles besides the military vehicles including the classic and modern ones set for the private tasks. An exciting and wonderful air show by aircraft and helicopters were also presented on skies of Qatar in addition to other presentations by the old traditional and modern sailing ships. A new brigade named after the founder of the State late Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohamed Al Thani also took part in the parade for the first time. The said brigade is a newly established brigade with a new task that copes with the name of the founder of the state. The show also included parachutting landing , lines of infantry of the army , the police and the Internal Security Force/Lukhwiya/, Fazaa and the Emiri Guard and the special group of the emiri guard represented in the special forces called / Fedawiya/ . A colourful parade for the thoroughly -bred arab horses and camels was also performed marking the national day celebrations which kicked off at the Doha Corniche early this morning. Children belonging to schools supevised by the emiri guard in addition to a classic bus with a group of children inside also took part. (QNA)