Qatar signed a security agreement with Nato at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.
At a signing ceremony, Brigadier General Tariq Khalid M F Alobaidli, Head of the International Military Co-operation Department, Armed Forces of the State of Qatar, and Nato Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, stressed the importance of Nato’s co-operation with Qatar in the framework of the Istanbul Co-operation Initiative (ICI).
This security agreement provides the framework for the protection of exchange of classified information, as defined by all 29 member countries. These agreements are signed by Nato partner countries that wish to engage in co-operation with Nato.
All four ICI partner countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and UAE) have now signed individual security agreements with Nato. This enables the Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programmes (IPCP) of the ICI countries with Nato to be implemented as effectively as possible, a release on the alliance's website said.
This security agreement provides the framework for the protection of exchange of classified information, as defined by all 29 member countries. These agreements are signed by Nato partner countries that wish to engage in co-operation with Nato.
All four ICI partner countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and UAE) have now signed individual security agreements with Nato. This enables the Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programmes (IPCP) of the ICI countries with Nato to be implemented as effectively as possible, a release on the alliance's website said.
