Further courses for the Libyan Armed Forces completed. Also aboard an Italian Air Force C-130J, the 26 service members had departed on 29 April from Tripoli-Mitiga airport for Rome, where they attended a course on conventional explosive ordnance disposal techniques and a wheeled vehicle mechanic course on the VBL Puma vehicle.
The courses, organised as part of Defence cooperation activities and within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 2022, are aimed at supporting the reconstruction of the country of Libya.
As early as 10 May, the first training course in “Investigative Techniques” for 22 Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the newly established “Border Guard”of the Libyan Gendarmerie, a new police force aimed at border control and surveillance.
In this case too, the initiative was organised as part of the agreements between the Italian Defence General Staff and the Libyan Ministry of Defence.
