PM to open SA peace-keeping multi-platoon training event

January 14, 2000
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Kathmandu, Jan. 14: Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is scheduled to inaugurate the ‘South Asian Peace-Keeping Multi-Platoon Training Event’, an international level training to be organised by the Royal Nepal Army at the training camp at Panchkhal, Kabhrepalanchowk District, on January 16.

The training to be participated in by trainee military officers from four countries and other ranks will continue till January 31.

The countries participating are Nepal, Sri Lanka, the usa and Bangladesh. Military observers from 18 countries will also participate in the training, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release published here today.

The training will be observed by two military observers each from 18 countries including Australia, Canada, China, Fiji, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Madagascar, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom.

Also participating will be l0 observers representing the United Nations.

The objective of the training is to  enhance the readiness of troops to be deployed on peace-keeping duty, increasing the capacity for mutual action among multi-national-peace keeping forces and emphasize peace keeping under international law, agreements and norms.

The training is expected to be instrumental in the establishment in Nepal of a peace-keeping  training centre for the South Asian Region as well as in establishing Nepal in the international arena as a peace-loving country, developing the concept of regional level investment, cooperation, trust, understanding and common public concern, developing working unity in multi-national forces, fostering knowledge of international policies and regulations, preparating instructors for the Royal Nepal Army and increasing the skills of  peace-keeping forces.

The grand training in peace-keeping to be conducted for the South Asia Region is deemed to be a matter of glory for Nepal.

Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Young-Jim Choc will also be present at the inaugural ceremony of the training.