Al-Shimmari: Iraq is ready to receive Qatari students at the Police College
The minister met in his office a high-level delegation from the Qatari Ministry of Interior in the presence of the Qatari ambassador to Iraq, according to a statement by the media office of the Minister of Interior received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.
The meeting included discussing "cooperation in the field of students of the State of Qatar," as the Minister of Interior asserted, "Iraq's readiness to receive Qatari students at the Iraqi Police College."
The Minister welcomed the Qatari guest delegation "in their second country, Iraq," and discussed "several issues of common concern, foremost of which is the exchange of security experiences, as well as drug control."
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