On behalf of His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Yousef Huneiti attended the graduation ceremony of the 20th National Defense Course at the Royal Jordanian National Defense College on Monday. The course featured graduates of the Master's in Management and Strategic Studies and the Master's in Strategies for Countering Extremism and Terrorism 6 program.

Officers from various branches of the Jordanian Armed Forces – the Arab Army, and security agencies, as well as employees from various ministries and institutions, participated in the two programs, in addition to officers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, the United States of America, and Germany.

The College Commandant, Brigadier General Azzam Al-Rawahneh, said, "The College is proud to present to the nation, the Armed Forces, and the participating countries a new group of promising leaders who have received advanced scientific and intellectual training, consistent with the requirements of the times and comparable to the levels of high-level strategic training at major universities, institutes, and academies worldwide."

Brigadier General Al-Rawahneh pointed out that the College, in implementation of His Majesty the King's vision and the mission of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, has witnessed significant progress in keeping pace with the demands of the times in terms of modernization and development. The National Defense College has embarked on implementing a comprehensive development plan along three parallel axes, encompassing infrastructure, technical and technological infrastructure, and academic structure. This is achieved by developing the organizational structure, study plans, curricula, tools, and methods, in accordance with a pioneering global approach that encompasses everything related to strategic planning and decision-making in the digital world. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote a note in the guest book, expressing his pride in the advanced level achieved by students at the Royal National Defense College, both militarily and academically.

The graduation ceremony was attended by the Director General of Public Security, a number of senior officers from the armed forces and security services, the President of Mutah University, a number of civilian officials, and a number of ambassadors and military attachés accredited to Jordan from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, the United States of America, and Germany.