IPNEWS: India and Liberia have expanded their defense cooperation and capacity-building partnership through high-level military engagements, training exchanges, and medical infrastructure support.
Under the Defense and Capacity-Building Initiatives, the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) training delegations, including a team led by Chief of Training Lt. Col. Eden T. Jally, have engaged with Indian defense institutions such as the Indian Naval Academy in Kerala, India.
Also, Liberian military personnel, including Alfreda Poquee of the AFL, will participate in specialized training programs such as the United Nations Women Military Officers Course (UNWMOC) at the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) in New Delhi.
Ahead of the full implementation of the Defense and Capacity-building partnership, Indian Ambassador to Liberia Manoj Bihari Verma has held formal discussions with Liberia’s Minister of National Defence (including meetings with H.E. Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh and Brig. Gen. (Rtd.) Geraldine Janet George-Johnson) to advance military-to-military relations, engineering, and healthcare support.
India has contributed USD $2 million toward the construction of the emergency block at the 14 Military Hospital near Monrovia—Liberia’s first dedicated military hospital.
Under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme, India doubled Liberia’s annual training allocations from 70 to 140 slots, benefiting hundreds of Liberian professionals across security and civil sectors
