The Bangladesh Army is going to co-host the multi-country military exercise 'Shantidoot' again with the cooperation of the US Pacific Command from Feb 26 to Mar 12, reports bdnews24.com.
The exercise helps countries' militaries prepare for the UN peace operations.
"Bangladesh is honoured to be the host country," Brigadier General Md Tofael Ahmed, Chief Instructor (CI), Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT), where the exercise will take place, said at a media briefing on Saturday.
Styled 'Exercise Shantidoot-4', it is aimed at ensuring tactical proficiency and technical competence of leaders and soldiers for supporting a unit's 'Mission Essential Tasks List' on UN peacekeeping missions.
Bangladesh previously hosted the exercise in 2002, 2008 and 2012. 'Shantidoot' means 'Ambassador of Peace'.
The goals and objectives of Shantidoot-4 are to increase participants' "interoperability and peacekeeping skills" prior to deployment in UN missions.
Over 1,300 participants from 32 different countries -- Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Fiji, Ghana, UK, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, US and Vietnam -- will participate.
The exercise will cover three broad aspects - Field Training Event (FTE), Staff Training Event (STE) and 'Critical Enabler Capability Enhancement (2CE)'.
In addition a day-long Strategic Level Seminar titled 'Changing Role of UN Peacekeeping Operations - Challenges and Opportunities' will also be held on Feb 27.
The training conducted for Field Training Event will be based on various lane trainings that will be conducted to train the platoons on the basic skills on various tactical actions that they are likely confront when conducting peacekeeping operations.
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