Under the direction of the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC), and in the presence of naval brigadier general Themistocles Papadimitriou, Commander of the NATO Maritime Interception Center, and the Assistant Force Commander and the assistant commander of the naval force and royal boats, Colonel Engineer Muhammad Al-Tarawneh, the Naval Force and Royal Boats Command launched a workshop on maritime border security from the perspective of combating terrorism.

International and Jordanian maritime experts in this field participated in the workshop, which had the goal of evaluating Jordan's needs in the area of maritime border security, highlighting Jordan's maritime priorities, exchanging best practices and methods related to maritime border security, and offering recommendations to improve Jordan's maritime capabilities.

The workshop will also focus on many important topics such as potential terrorist threats in the future within the Jordanian territorial waters, smuggling and infiltration operations, human trafficking, and maritime terrorism, in addition to electronic attacks and the use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.

It is noteworthy that the leadership of the naval force and royal boats carried out many seminars, workshops, and naval exercises in the field of combating terrorism with NATO through its Jordanian (Visit, board, search, and seizure VBSS) naval assault team.