The Peninsula
Under the
auspices of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin
Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, Head of the Security Committee for the FIFA
World Cup Qatar 2022, and in the framework of reinforcing the security
preparedness for hosting the tournament, the Security Committee for the FIFA
World Cup Qatar 2022 will conduct a five-day exercise 'Watan', starting next
Sunday. The military exercise will see participation from 11 ministries
and military and security experts from 13 countries including Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Spain, Palestine, the
USA, Turkey, and the UK. The exercise 'Watan' aims at enhancing the role of the concerned
authorities while carrying out their regular missions and additional tasks
during the World Cup to assess the responsiveness in emergencies and enact the
mechanisms of command, control and cooperation between military and civil
agencies to achieve integration of their roles while accomplishing the
missions. The
security exercise 'Watan' is considered one of the biggest events in terms of
the number of participating military and civilian authorities, in addition to
the development of its events to combine the military and civil aspects. It
also features the diversification of its various scenarios and gradations based
on all kinds of potential risks while hosting the World Cup.