REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Royal Thai Armed Forces held a course for soldiers to be deployed for joint peacekeeping missions of the United Nations to improve the quality of their personnel.

"A course named the United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) was held at a peacekeeping training center of the Thai Armed Forces, located in Hua Hin province of Thailand," an instructor of the Indonesian Military, Captain Hanri Wira Kusuma, said in a press release received here on Monday.

The course was held for three weeks, ending on February 1.

Kusuma remarked that the soldiers who will be sent to the field under the UN should be professional.

"The peacekeeping soldiers will be deployed in complex environments. So it is necessary that they possess the standard skills and abilities required of UN soldiers," he added.

The troops were taught several subjects, including negotiation, lobbying, and driving courses.

Furthermore, another Indonesian Military instructor, Mayor Widianto, stated that the UNMO course was also held in Indonesia at the TNI Peacekeeping Center in Sentul, West Java province, where experienced personnel from the Royal Thai Armed Forces were invited.

"The purpose (of conducting the course) is to provide the armed forces of the two nations with a platform to share their knowledge and experience in conducting missions of the UN," Widianto explained.

Widianto hoped that the joint study course could be improved to accommodate the challenges faced during international missions.

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