11 January 2022 – The Philippine Embassy, represented by Ms. Christian Hope Reyes, Chargé d’affaires, a.i., participated in the farewell dinner organized by Mr. S.M. Rahman, Managing Director of the Novo Group, in honour of the foreign students of the Army and Naval Staff Course of the Bangladesh Army’s Defense Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC). Mr. Rahman serves as the foreign students’ Civil Sponsor in Bangladesh. 

Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Malinit of the Department of National Defense (DND), together with students from Mali, Nepal, Nigeria, and Thailand, recently finished their year-long training at the military institution. 

In her speech, Ms. Reyes expressed hope that the participation of the students in the course can help facilitate and strengthen cooperation among countries and with Bangladesh in the area of defense, security, and peacekeeping. She thanked the students’ Civil Sponsor and host, Mr. Rahman, for his relentless support and kind hospitality and towards the foreign students, including to the Philippines’ Lt. Col. Malinit.   

Other guests of honour present in the dinner were H.E. Makawadee Sumitmor, Thailand’s Ambassador in Bangladesh, and Mr. Kumar Rai, Nepal’s Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Both emphasized the importance of professional military education and training to promote peace and development in the region. 

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The Defense Services Command and Staff College is a military institution of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. It provides professional military training to select mid-career officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Forces.