HH the Heir Apparent Visits Military Airbase

Doha, December 15 (QNA) - HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Heir Apparent and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces paid a visit this morning to the Qatari military task force in Libya at the military airbase. HH Sheikh Tamim was briefed on the operations conducted by the Qatar Air Force in Libya. He then attended a ceremony held on this occasion, which started by the national anthem then a recitation verses of the Holley Quran. Addressing the ceremony, Commander of Qatar Emiri Air Force, Brigadier General Mubarak Mohammed Al Kumait Al Khayarin underlined the actif participation of the Qatari Air Forces in implementing the UN security council resolution No. 1973 on Libya along with the NATO forces. He further put the accent on the efforts being exerted by Qatar Air Forces to provide aeromedical evacuation of wounded Libyans and bring humanitarian aid to besieged areas before the country's liberation. (QNA)