Arab Times

Marafie wins NATO praise

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NATO Defense College Head, Lieutenant-General Olivier Rittimann hailed the experience of having a Kuwaiti educationa­l consultant in the organizati­on on Friday.

This came in remarks to KUNA on the end of the mandate of the Kuwaiti Colonel Marine Nasser Marafie at the NATO defense college.

Rittimann affirmed that the NATO defense college chose Marafie due to his extensive experience and knowledge.

Moreover, he went on praising the distinguis­hed cooperatio­n with the State of Kuwait and its “critical” role in promoting strategic dialogue with the countries of the Istanbul Cooperatio­n Initiative.

He stressed that the college has excellent and advanced partnershi­ps with the NATO center in Kuwait, as they were able to have a long and meaningful discussion on security issues in the Gulf region.

For his part, Colonel Marafie expressed his pride in choosing him, in 2018, the first non-Allied teacher to work at the NATO defense college as a teacher and strategic expert for North Africa and the Middle East.

The NATO Defense College is an internatio­nal military college for training and educating military and civilian leaders in the relevant diplomatic and military fields in their countries with the aim of developing strategic thinking on political and military issues, training and studies, and achieving academic and research studies to support the activities of the Alliance.

 ?? KUNA photo ?? Colonel Nasser Marafie with the Commander of the NATO Defense College, Lt-Gen Olivier Rittimann.
KUNA photo Colonel Nasser Marafie with the Commander of the NATO Defense College, Lt-Gen Olivier Rittimann.

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