DOHA: Issues related to maritime security, protection of coasts and borders and combating international piracy are being discussed at the Qatar Maritime Security - Coastal and Border Surveillance Conference (QMARSEC) which opened at the Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday.
The conference is held under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah, the Director-General of Public Security, Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, and many officers of the armed forces and the Ministry of Interior and a large number of military and security experts from around the world.
The forum is one of the most important platforms for the exchange of academic and strategic experiences in maritime security.
The two-day conference will discuss topics concerning maritime security, particularly the military, security and academic aspects, together with legal and environmental aspects in the field of maritime security.
The Director of Qatar’s National Security Shield Project, Staff Brigadier (Pilot) Mohamed Abdul Latif Al Mannai, said the conference aims at providing an integrated platform for those responsible for security operations in the maritime industry.
Last year, more than 300 people from the military and representatives of GCC states and the rest of the Arab world as well as representatives of specialised companies in the field of maritime security, experts, jurists and prominent speakers took part in the conference.
Al Attiyah told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the conference is one of the most important events, especially because Qatar is surrounded by water on three sides and most of its resources are in the sea.
He said Qatar attaches great importance to such conferences and is keen to attend them to know latest methods and techniques in this aspect.
Participants in the conference will discuss the most prominent threats to maritime security, legal framework to confront them and combating software piracy and the role of information technology in supporting operations, trends and new solutions in the field of marine insurance, among other topics relating to academic, environmental and legal aspects.
The Peninsula
