NDF staff off to Malaysia for studies
Year-long master’s programme awaits
The course will run from January 2024 to January 2025, and encompasses various modules, including war studies and command and leadership.
The Embassy of Malaysia in Namibia has sent two staff members from the defence ministry to pursue a year-long master's degree programme in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Namibia is set to join 40 other countries in the Malaysian Defence Cooperation programme.
The command and staff course will run from January 2024 to January 2025, and encompasses various modules, including strategic studies and security affairs in the Asian region, war studies, command and leadership, and military doctrine operations and strategies.
Yesterday morning, the two staff members, operating in the ministry's administration department, were provided with their offer letters, flight tickets and course syllabus for the master’s programme by the Malaysian ambassador to Namibia, Dr Mohamad Rameez bin Yahaya.
"I wrote to Malaysia and requested whether there are opportunities for Namibians under the so-called Malaysian Defence Cooperation programme because, at [that time], Namibia [was] not included,” he said.
“I hope this will further enhance the relationship between Namibia and Malaysia in the realm of our diplomatic efforts in defence. There are also other courses that will be available for the Namibian Defence Force, such as United Nations Peacekeeping," he added.
The ambassador noted that the programme was initiated to foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange.
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Namibia is set to join 40 other countries in the Malaysian Defence Cooperation programme.
The command and staff course will run from January 2024 to January 2025, and encompasses various modules, including strategic studies and security affairs in the Asian region, war studies, command and leadership, and military doctrine operations and strategies.
Yesterday morning, the two staff members, operating in the ministry's administration department, were provided with their offer letters, flight tickets and course syllabus for the master’s programme by the Malaysian ambassador to Namibia, Dr Mohamad Rameez bin Yahaya.
"I wrote to Malaysia and requested whether there are opportunities for Namibians under the so-called Malaysian Defence Cooperation programme because, at [that time], Namibia [was] not included,” he said.
“I hope this will further enhance the relationship between Namibia and Malaysia in the realm of our diplomatic efforts in defence. There are also other courses that will be available for the Namibian Defence Force, such as United Nations Peacekeeping," he added.
The ambassador noted that the programme was initiated to foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange.
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