Source – This week, we welcomed a delegation from the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). Our director, Ambassador Thomas Greminger provided the official welcome, followed by our Chief of Staff, Col. Christian Bühlmann, who provided an overview of the GCSP.
On Friday 11 March, our deputy director, Ms Christina Orisich welcomed General Nadeem Raza (Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee) with a delegation from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. They received a presentation on the GCSP and about International #Geneva and discussed the current security and geopolitical situation and challenges in the area of Pakistan.
Today, 25th June 2021, the Peace Support Operations Training Centre in cooperation with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy successfully completed 9th Defence Attaché Orientation Course in Defence and Diplomacy. Structure of participants and speakers presents the highest standards of education delivered during one week of the course. In total, 24 participants, defence attaches and defence diplomacy trainees, from 10 countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia and United States). Besides PSOTC and GCSP staff, participants had a privilege of having such a group of high level of speakers, the US, British and Swiss ambassadors, NATO HQ SA and EUFOR commanders as well current resident and non-resident defence attaches.
On 24th June 2021 EUFOR Commander, Major General Alexander Platzer and NATO Commander, Brigadier General Eric Folkestad briefed students of the Defence Attaché Orientation course in the PSOTC.