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CoESPU AROUND THE WORLD

By Capt. Vito FRANCHINI

“Junta Interamericana de Defensa” (JID)

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June 26 , 2018. Washington, DC (USA):
CoESPU participating in Semi-Annual Talks at the US Department of State.
The CoESPU Director, Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano,
met Mr. Lee Litzenberger, Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Political-
Military Affairs - US Department of State, presenting the Center Coat
of Arms.
After the meeting the Director took part to “Junta Interamericana
de Defensa (JID) - Inter-American Defence Board (IADB) in
Washington DC, for a Conference on Stability Policing.

Later on, Brigadier General
Giovanni Pietro Barbano
and Ambassador Marilina Armellin, Permanent
Observer of Italy to the Organization of American
States (OAS), signed JID honor book at the presence of
Brigadier General Bucio, JID Chairman, Brigadier
General Lacroix, Director General of the IADB
Secretariat, Major General Goretti, Defense Attaché at
the Italian Embassy in Washington DC, and of the
President of Inter-American Defense College.

"Khartoum Process"

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24 September, 2018. Khartum (Sudan):
Italy chairs the "Khartoum Process", established in Sudan in
2014 in the framework of the "Global approach to Migration and
Mobility" (GAMM) and of EU Migration Policy.
Furthermore, through the CoESPU, is partner of the first
regional project "Addressing Mixed Migration Flows in East
Africa" (AMMI), aiming at supporting the efforts of East
African States to improve the management of migration flows
and the fight against migrant smuggling and human trafficking.
In the picture, Lt. Col. Melidonis, Head of the CoESPU
Research Office, met the Italian ambassador in Sudan, Fabrizio
Lo Basso, and offered him a CoESPU Coat of Arms.

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