General Tom Middendorp, a Dutch army general and the current chief of defence of Armed Forces of the Netherlands is on a two-day visit to Malaysia where he met with his counterpart Chief of Defence Forces General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin. – Wikimedia Commons pic, April 18, 2015
Malaysia and the Netherlands have agreed to cooperate in
training and exchanging of expertise in peacekeeping operations, said Chief of
Defence Forces General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin.
He said the decision was made at a closed-door meeting with
his Netherlands counterpart General Tom Middendorp, during the latter's
courtesy call on him, this morning.
"(Each country) will send one personnel each for a
period of two to three months. We will do this as soon as possible and I will
communicate with the staff in the Netherlands," he said after the meeting
at Wisma Pertahanan.
Zulkifeli said, the one-hour meeting had also discussed the
recovery and investigation of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
"Holland plays a major role in the investigation in the
investigation and recovery of the aircraft and its passengers.
"(In the discussion) I expressed satisfaction with the
efforts of the Netherlands and they too appreciated our country's contributions
in the investigation," he said.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft, which was believed to have been
shot down, crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 last year, as it was flying
from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.
Besides Malaysians, nationals from the Netherlands,
Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines,
Canada and New Zealand were on board.
In addition, Zulkifeli pointed out, that both countries had
also shared on ways to strengthen the existing relationship.
Middendorp is on a two-day visit. – Bernama, April 18, 2015
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