HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah and Italian Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta attending a ceremony to mark the beginning of steel cutting for building Qatari military vessels by Italian company Fincantieri at La Spezia, Italy, yesterday. In 2016, the Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with Fincantieri to build seven new-generation naval vessels. The vessels are part of the Qatar Amiri Navy’s development programme.