H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani affirmed that the National Day of the State of Qatar (December 18) is a glorious occasion to commemorate the founder Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani (May Allah bless him), an inspiration to instill the values of loyalty to the homeland and the wise leadership and a motive for deepening the pride and development of the State.
In exclusive statements to Qatar News Agency (QNA), H E the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior congratulated Amir
H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Father Amir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and all citizens and expatriates living on this good land, on the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of the State, asking Allah, to repeat the memory of this day and the nation with full of pride, delight and determination, and that everyone enjoys security, stability and tranquillity.
The signs of the celebration of the National Day are great and have vast meanings in the minds and hearts of all citizens and expatriate residents, H E the Prime Minister said, adding that the celebration of the National Day embodies the meaning of unity and truthful fraternity among the citizens of the one homeland.
H E underlined that among the most important lessons that can be drawn from this occasion comes the embodiment of the values of loyalty to the homeland and the attachment of the citizens to the wise leadership, Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as His Highness puts the interest of the nation and citizens above all; so the barriers are dissolved and citizens’ interaction with the leadership keeps increasing.
“We believe that this is a great occasion, and the celebration of it deepens and reinforces pure national feelings after the footsteps of the founder where he valued justice, dignity, hard work without boredom, and support for the oppressed, and upholding it all times to achieve the desired goals in the renaissance and development,” HE the Prime Minister added.
The celebration of the National Day, H E affirmed, contributes to strengthen the loyalty to the homeland through the images of solidarity and the interrelationship between leadership, citizens and residents of this good land, and adherence to the values of the State of Qatar, which has become a key feature of everyone’s standing with one hand under the wise and conscious leadership of our country.
H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani urged every citizen and resident to uphold the values established by the founder, stressing “solidarity, the commitment to fulfil our ambitions and duties, the moving towards the future of our State and instituting its values and proud ethics are our greatest challenge. Our State has known for its values, ideals, its handling and dealing with various events and crises with all wisdom and sanity; the values by which we are moving toward the development of our dear homeland and the building of its promising future.”
Regarding the progress of the achievements of the country in various fields, H E said: “Thanks to God, the progress of the country’s achievements is clear in all the fields of economic, political, social, security, cultural, sports and youth. Qatar has made great strides towards its renaissance. Doha is now hosting various political, economic and sports activities with many countries and organizations, which shows that Qatar enjoys security and safety and has a clear vision in dealing with various regional and international issues.”
About the most prominent efforts in implementing Qatar National Vision 2030 and its current development strategy 2018-2022, HE said that this year is the second year in the execution of the second national development strategy to implement Qatar National Vision 2030, noting that various ministries, bodies and institutions continued their projects and programs, which were approved in 2018.
Regarding the Ministry of Interior, H E said that the Ministry has worked to translate the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy, which devoted a special sector to security and safety, indicating that the Ministry’s strategy (2018-2022) defines the mechanisms of action, plans, programs and projects to achieve the sectoral results of the security and safety sector.
“The strategic objectives listed in the Ministry of Interior Strategy (2018-2022) were highly focused on securing the hosting of the FIFA World Cup2022, followed by many other objectives. The most important objectives include security stability and the reduction of crime rates as well as protecting lives and property and responding quickly to emergencies and achieving security and safety on roads and so on,” HE said.
H E the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior continued to say that in this context, the Ministry of Interior continued to perform its security and service mission successfully and efficiently, noting that on the international indicators, the State of Qatar has occupied advanced international positions in the level of security and safety, in the global annual crime index report issued by the Encyclopedia of the World Database (Numbeo), as well as according to the Global Finance Index 2019 and in the World Peace Index Report. The Ministry of Interior also received international recognition in the Arab and the international awards, and has won more than 30 Arab and international awards since 2011 in various fields, H E said.
In terms of achieving public safety and civil defense, HE said that there are many services and great efforts to achieve public safety, and that the latest mechanisms and regulations are provided in the field of civil protection, pointing out that the average time of arrival for Civil Defense vehicles in 2018 was eight minutes.
Within the framework of human resources development, as one of the objectives of the Ministry of Interior strategy (2018-2022), the Ministry of Interior has achieved in recent years significant leaps in the development of its various departments, and modernization of the mechanisms of work, and upgrade the methods of the training system, as the Ministry continued to open the door of grant to its personnel for specialized studies in the best military and civilian universities; in addition to that, training and development efforts are carried on at the Police Training Institute, HE said, noting that graduation of the first batch of officers’ candidates was celebrated in January 2019.
