Program Outline |
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| Period | 2 – 8 March |
| Location | Pakse, Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
| Delegation | 1 official from the JMOD 1 officer from the Ground Staff Office, JGSDF 7 personnel from the 30th Infantry Regiment (Camp Shibata, Niigata) and 1 officer from the 2nd Infantry Regiment (Camp Takada, Niigata), 12th Brigade, Eastern Army, JGSDF |
| Recipient | 10 instructors and 60 trainees from the Lao People’s Army |
| From ２ to ８ March, as part of a defense cooperation program in the field of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, the JMOD/JGSDF conducted a capacity development project with the Lao People’s Army (LPA) in Pakse. During the project, LPA instructors delivered training on search & rescue, and military medicine to their own personnel in order to improve the LPA’s capacity to deal with storm and flood damage caused by torrential rain and typhoons. The JGSDF assisted and mentored the LPA instructors throughout this training. This project contributes to further developing and strengthening defense cooperation between Japan and Lao PDR, and to the peace and the stability in the region. |
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