At the conference to outline an initial plan for the general meeting and workshop of the AAPTC(Photo: qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Department ofPeacekeeping Operations on September 23 organised a conference to outline an initial plan for the general meeting and workshop of the Association ofAsia-Pacific Peace Operations Training Centres (AAPTC) to be held in Vietnam in2020.
The conference was chaired by headof the department Maj. Gen. Hoang Kim Phung, and attended by StevenTakekoshi, Multinational Programme Specialist of the US Global Peace OperationsInitiative; Colonel Shahidul Islam, a representative from the AAPTC Secretariat;and representatives from the Ministry of Defence’s competent departments andagencies.
Participants discussed preparations for the general meeting, helping affirm andincrease Vietnam’s position and prestige in the international arena in thepeacekeeping work, while enhancing mutual understanding, friendship andcooperation in the field with member states of the AAPTC.
Describing AAPTC meeting as an important event hosted by Vietnam in 2020, Phungaffirmed the meeting requires meticulous preparations.
Meanwhile, Shahidul Islam expressed his belief that with concerted efforts andincreasing contributions to the UN’s initiative, Vietnam will successfullyorganise the AAPTC meeting next year.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations will play the role of theChair of the AAPTC and the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) in 2020.Besides, it was recently chosen as one of the four training centres for thepeacekeeping forces in the region under the UN’s Triangular Partnership Project(TPP)./.
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