Iran and Qatar will hold joint navy drills in the near future, IRNA quoted Commander of Iranian Coastguards Brigadier-General Ali Mohammad Salami as saying on Thursday. Salami made the remarks on the sidelines of the 11th Iran-Qatar Coastguards Cooperation Meeting. During the meeting, the two sides signed an agreement, including a joint navy maneuver, Brigadier-General Salami said. He added that the Iranian Navy agreed to train Qatari coastguard officers on fighting drug trafficking. The Qatari Coastguard and Border Department’s Director-General Brigadier-General Ali Ahmad Saif al-Bedayd co-chaired the meeting at the head of the Qatari delegation.