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The CoESPU Director,
Carabinieri Brigadier
General Giovanni Pietro
Barbano, played hostess
to HRH, introducing the
many activities
performed by the Center
of Excellence. After the
rendering of military
honors by a Carabinieri
Squadron, the Prince of
Wales visited an
exhibition hall, staged
within the CoESPU Prince Charles observing a rescue hostages training exercise
library, where he heard
how the Carabinieri Headquarters for the
Protection of Cultural Heritage (Comando
Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale - TPC) is
engaged in the environment and world cultural
heritage protection.
Continuing the visit, the Prince was given a
training demonstration of how Carabinieri Special
Forces operate in crisis situations. The simulation
based scenario included a police break-into a house
to rescue a hostage, ended with the arrest of the
suspected.
He also visited the new “Modeling and Gaming
Information Simulation Training Area” where
CoESPU attendees, represented by senior Police
and Military Officers from UN contributing
Countries, were involved in a peacekeeping
training exercise.
Finally, the Prince of Wales met the inter-force
staff of the recently established NATO Stability
Policing Center of Excellence (NATO SP COE),
which is located within the Chinotto compound.
Carabinieri Colonel Andrea Paris, Director of the
NATO SP COE, explained the mission of the
Center and how it contributes to the transformation
of the Alliance by developing the new policing

HRH Charles and BG Giovanni Pietro Barbano dimension of the NATO military operations.

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