Doha: The Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute concluded a training course on ‘Diplomacy in the Digital Age,’ lectured by former Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos.
The training course included topics on shifts in modern diplomacy, the dynamics of soft power diplomacy, strategies and techniques of digital diplomacy, the end of secret diplomacy, the diplomatic crisis in the digital age, diplomacy and the freedom of the internet, diplomacy and security challenges and risks, and diplomats and the prospects for 21st digital century.
Moratinos praised the efficiency of the Qatari diplomats participating in the course and their abilities and discipline. He extended thanks to the Diplomatic Institute for the organization and good preparation of the course, expressing his happiness to be in Doha and his readiness to cooperate with the Institute in all matters of common interest.
The training course is part of the Diplomatic Institute's plan aiming at the development of the Foreign Ministry staff, especially in modern trends of contemporary diplomacy.