Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, and Minister of Defence of the Italian Republic, Elisabetta Trenta, during the ceremony to mark the beginning of steel cutting for Qatari military ves
La Spezia: Italian company Fincantieri held yesterday a ceremony to mark the beginning of steel cutting for the manufacturing of Qatari military vessels, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah; Minister of Defence of the Italian Republic, Elisabetta Trenta, and a number of senior officers and officials from both sides.
In 2016, the Ministry of Defence signed an agreement according to which Fincantieri would build seven new-generation military vessels.
The vessels are part of the Qatari Amiri Navy’s development program, the Ministry’s Directorate of Moral Guidance said in a statement yesterday.
