Qatar’s Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met with Director-General of the French National Gendarmerie Lieutenant-General Christian Rodriguez in Paris on Tuesday.
The meeting discussed cooperation between Lekhwiya and the French National Gendarmerie, and the resulting cooperation in carrying out missions and duties in Paris, as a Qatari Security Force is supporting in securing the 33rd Summer Olympic Games (Paris 2024).
The meeting also touched on a number of topics of mutual interest, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
Earlier, the Minister visited the seat of the Qatari Security Force participating in securing the 33rd Summer Olympic Games (Paris 2024) on Monday.
During the visit, the Minister met with a number of officials and security leaders participating in securing the Paris Olympics, and was briefed on the efforts of the force in securing the Olympics, and the progress of work in the main operations centre for Olympic Games security.
On 10 July 2024, he witnessed the departure ceremony of the Qatari Security Forces for France to participate in securing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.
This participation reflects the strength of the growing strategic partnership between Qatar and France, especially in the security fields, and comes within the framework of an administrative agreement on security cooperation that was signed between the two countries last February.
The Qatari Security Forces will contribute to the security operations with teams representing specialized units such as the special unit (Lfdaweia), personal protection unit, tracking unit, explosives disposal unit, cybersecurity unit, security patrols, mounted patrols, anti-drone teams, planning teams, logistics teams, airport security teams, as well as the Command and Control Center and the International Police Cooperation Center (IPCC).
This participation reflects the robust and growing strategic partnership between Qatar and France, particularly in security fields.
Notably, the Qatari Security Forces completed a special training programme for the Paris 2024 Olympics security mission, which lasted three weeks and included various training courses, workshops, and case studies of real events and situations from previous Olympic Games hosted in France and other countries, to derive valuable lessons.
