Qatar: Talks with the Pentagon on border surveillance systemsnote

Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khaled Al-Atiyyah is said to have sought during his visit to Washington last month to discuss with US Defence Secretary James Mattis the possibility of Qatar acquiring border surveillance systems fitted with advanced US technology. The following 350-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the required systems. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 24/15 – April 14, 2017]