23 March 2011
Luanda — A military delegation of Cape Verde, led by the deputy chief of Staff of that country, Jorge Monteiro, arrived on Tuesday in Luanda, to follow up the development of 2010 exercise of the armed forces units of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP), which started operations on 19 March.
Jorge Monteiro, who did not speak to Angop, will join the 20 soldiers of Cape Verde, who are participating in the combined military manoeuvre happening in Cabo Ledo locality in the northern Bengo province until 26 March.
The exercises count on the participation of 720 solders from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tome and Principe and East Timor, involved in the fictitious scenario designed by the host country in accordance with the CPLP countries to meet training needs of the Joint/Combined Task Force (FTCC).
The exercises is taking place in a fictitious State called “Quimbamba” which was the scene of successive ethnic clashes over several generations, with resulting humanitarian crises.
As a result, the United Nations assigned the CPLP the mission to carry out fictitious peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations in the Republic of Quicalanda, one of the four territories that resulted from the split of Quimbamba, said gen. Kamorteiro, in his capacity as Filine2010 Exercises.
The operation that was carried out with the help of NGOs includes assistance to refugee camps translated in distribution of foodstuffs, clothing and medical aid.
The Feline2010 is intended to be a fictitious operation with simulation of situations of political and humanitarian crises with security implications, with the community’s joint military forces intervening for a peacekeeping mission.
It is part of a series of joint and combined military exercises carried out in terms of existing techno-military cooperation within the CPLP and are intended to secure an inter-operability among member countries’ armed forces, including their training for peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance operations under the aegis of the United Nations, in due respect for respective national laws.
The manoeuvre was first launched in 2000 on an annual rotating basis. It was supposed to be held last year, but was postponed for technical reasons.
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Cape Verdian Military Delegation in Luanda