The delegation, which comprises 37 members drawn from nine countries, is due to wind up its one-week study tour of Rwanda on May 26.
A delegation from Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies in Qatar is in Rwanda for a week-long study tour.
The study tour started on May 19 and is expected to end on May 26. On Tuesday, May 24, the delegation that is composed of students and staff was received by Army Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Mubarakh Muganga at RDF Headquarters.
The student officers from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, Somalia, Türkiye, Iraq, Oman, and Kuwait are currently pursuing the Joint Command and Staff Course at Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies.
During their visit to RDF Headquarters, they received a briefing on the RDF transformation journey.
Lt Gen Mubarakh Muganga, the Army Chief of Staff of Rwanda Defence Force (2nd left), hosts Qatar Armed Forces’ Lt Col Abdulla Badr A Y Kafour (2nd right) and his delegation (foreground) at the RDF headquarters in Kimihurura, Kigali, on Wednesday, May 24. Lt Gen Muganga was accompanied by Brig Gen John Baptist Ngiruwonsanga, Head of RDF Peacekeeping Department, and Col David Bukenya, Head of Plans (J5) at RDF. (All photos/ Courtesy)
Earlier on, they visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and Campaign against Genocide Museum.
The delegation will also visit Zigama CSS, Military Medical Insurance, Rwanda Military Hospital, RDF Command and Staff College, and a few other Government and private institutions.
In July last year, a delegation from the RDF led by Brig General Patrick Karuretwa, attended the graduation ceremony of the Joint Command and Staff Course at Joaan bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies in Al-Khor, Qatar. Two RDF senior officers were among the graduates. The ceremony is a new step in the materialization of military cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Rwanda.
L-R: Lt Gen Muganga; Brig Gen John Baptist Ngiruwonsanga, Head of RDF Peacekeeping Department; and Qatar’s Lt Col Abdulla Badr A Y Kafour shortly after their meeting at the RDF headquarters in Kigali on Wednesday, May 24. Kafour is leading a delegation of 37 student officers and staff from Qatar's Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies.
Lt Gen Muganga and Lt Col Abdulla Badr A Y Kafour at the RDF headquarters earlier Wednesday.
Lt Gen Muganga addresses the delegation, which comprises 33 student officers from nine countries and four members of staff of Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies.
Lt Gen Muganga delivers his remarks.
Lt Col Abdulla Badr A Y Kafour, the head of the visiting delegation, speaks at the RDF headquarters in Kimihurura earlier Wednesday.
The delegation, which comprises 37 members drawn from nine countries, is due to wind up its one-week study tour of Rwanda on May 26.
L-R: Lt Gen Mubarakh Muganga and Lt Col Abdulla Badr A Y Kafour pose for a group photo with members of the visiting military delegation and other RDF officers at the Rwanda Defence Force Headquarters in Kimihurura, Kigali, on Wednesday, May 24.