Diplomatic Institute Celebrates Graduation of 11th Class
Doha / Information Office/ May 30
The Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrated the graduation of its 11th class, consisting of 31 trainees.
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi said during a speech he gave to mark the occasion, that the training had many benefits to all trainees, whether they worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' headquarters, or in diplomatic missions. He stressed that a diplomat must focus on developing a number of qualities, the most important of which are honesty, discipline, respect as well as good time-management abilities.
The Secretary-General said that a good diplomats must also be fluent in Classical Arabic, since it is their mother tongue. This must not however refrain the diplomats from learning new languages, the secretary-general maintained.
He added that achieving a high status for a country cannot come without hard work that develops people capable of carrying out the vision of the wise leadership in all that relates to the State of Qatar's foreign policy.
The Secretary-General then provided an overview on how the Qatari embassies operated abroad.
For her part, Assistant Director of the Diplomatic Institute Nadia Ahmed Al Shaibi said that the institute had established 11 foundational programmes to provide the trainees with all the skills they need to understand international relations and the procedures for interacting with countries, organizations, and international authorities. Al Shaibi added that another goal was to familiarize the trainees with multilateral diplomacy, and helped obtain the skills of writing diplomacy-related reports.
Hessa Al Sulaiti then gave a speech on behalf of the graduates and expressed her appreciation to HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani for his unconditional support to young employees. She then pledged that the 11th class of the Diplomatic Institute will work diligently for the State of Qatar under the wise leadership of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.