WITH Guyana fortifying its military partnerships with both regional and international partners, Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, on Friday, met with a delegation of senior military ranks from the National Defence College (NDC) in Nigeria at the Office of the Prime Minister.
According to a release, Phillips welcomed the delegation and conveyed best wishes to Nigeria and its National Defence College.
He also informed them of Guyana’s national development plans across sectors, leveraging oil and gas resources for people-centred progress through the “One Guyana” philosophy of shared prosperity.
The delegation’s visit to Guyana formed part of a geo-strategic world study tour, which started on April 13 and is expected to conclude on April 27.
The delegation has thus far visited 17 countries: China, Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Germany, Guyana, Jamaica, Jordan, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Turkey.
The NDC is the apex military training institution for the Nigerian Armed Forces and a Center of Excellence for peace support operations training at the strategic level in West Africa. It was established in 1992 as Nigeria’s highest military institution for training senior military officers.
Major Jaime Castello, Staff Officer One General Five – Future Plans and Strategy (GDF), and Lieutenant (CG) Rodwin Paul were also present at the meeting.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Prime Minister met with the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Guyana, Ernesto Torres Pereyra, and the Commander General of the Dominican Air Force, Major General Carlos R. Febrillet Rodriguez.
Major General Rodriguez was accompanied by officers of the Dominican Air Force: Rommel L. Oleaga Frias, Pedro A. Almanzar Santos, Raymundo I. Miranda Sisa, and Melvy A. Paulino Pichardo. The meeting took place at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.
