On behalf of His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Major General Yousef Huneiti, patronized the graduation ceremony of the 21st National Defense Course and the 7th Master's Program in Strategies for Countering Extremism and Terrorism, and the inauguration of the Khalid bin Al-Walid Auditorium at the Royal Jordanian National Defense College on Thursday

Officers from various branches of the Jordanian Armed Forces—the Arab Army and security agencies—and employees from various ministries and institutions participated in the two programs, in addition to a number of officers from brotherly and friendly countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan, and the United States of America.

The College Commandant said, "Today, amidst the national celebrations, 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 in line with the requirements of the times. He explained that the College has been committed to sustainable modernization and development and has recently embarked on implementing a comprehensive development plan that includes an organizational structure, infrastructure, and technical and technological infrastructure to keep pace with the requirements of the modern era and in implementation of His Majesty the King's vision and the mission of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army in modernization and development

At the end of the ceremony, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff distributed certificates to the graduates and signed the guest book, expressing his pride in the level of development the College has achieved on both the military and academic levels

The graduation ceremony was attended by the Director of Intelligence, the President of Mutah University, the Assistant Director of Public Security for Operations, a number of senior officers from the Jordanian Armed Forces, and a number of ambassadors and military attachés from sisterly and friendly countries accredited to Jordan