
Embassy of Italy celebrates ‘National Unity and Armed Forces Day’
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Doha, Qatar: The Embassy of Italy in Doha celebrated the Italian National Unity and Armed Forces Day , held on the occasion of the anniversary of the...
Doha, Qatar: The Embassy of Italy in Doha celebrated the “Italian National Unity and Armed Forces Day”, held on the occasion of the anniversary of the end to World War and celebrating Italy’s national unity.
The ceremony was attended by Ambassador of Italy to Qatar H E Paolo Toschi, Italian Defence Attaché Colonel Fausto Ricchetti, and Italian Representative to the NATO Military Committee Admiral Dario Giacomin as well as diplomats, stakeholders and dignitaries. Among them were also members of the Italian and Qatari armed forces.
The celebration was an opportunity to reaffirm the strong cooperation in the defence sector between Italy and Qatar, recently outlined on the occasion of the state visit of His Highness the Amir to Rome on October 20 and 22. The bilateral partnership in the sector encompasses all military domain and includes joint training and exercises as well as industrial and technological cooperation.
The ever growing partnership between Italy and Qatar will be uniquely honoured by the stationing of the ship “Amerigo Vespucci”, the oldest active military vessel in the Italian Navy, which will be stationed in Doha’s Old Port from the December 17 to 22 , 2024, on the occasion of Qatar’s National Day.













