US embassy cable - 04ROME2029

UNCLAS ROME 002029 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR PM/PPA MARK SWEBERG AND RACHEL FEATHERSTONE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR, MOPS, PINS, PREL, IT, UN 
SUBJECT: ITALIAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO 3RD 
COUNTRIES 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 110957 
 
B. ROME 01579 
 
1.  IN RESPONSE TO REF A, EMBASSY QUERIED CARABINIERI, ARMY, 
AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS ON ITALIAN CAPABILITIES TO 
TRAIN THIRD COUNTRY PEACEKEEPERS.  THE CARABINIERI, WE WERE 
INFORMED, HOLD A TWO WEEK DOCTRINAL TRAINING COURSE FOR 
GENDARME-LIKE OFFICERS BIANNUALLY AT THEIR OFFICERS TRAINING 
SCHOOL IN ROME.  AT THE LAST SESSION IN MARCH, NINE 
NON-ITALIANS (OUT OF TWENTY-ONE TOTAL) PARTICIPATED.  FRANCE, 
PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND CROATIA HAVE SENT OFFICERS TO THE 
COURSE, WHICH WILL BE HELD AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.  INSTRUCTION 
IS IN ENGLISH. 
 
2.  THE CARABINIERI ALSO RUN EIGHT-TO-NINE TIMES ANNUALLY A 
ONE MONTH ROLLING OPERATIONAL TRAINING COURSE FOR OFFICERS 
AND NCOS AT THEIR CHINOTTO FACILITY IN VICENZA.  AUSTRIA, 
ESTONIA, SLOVENIA, AND ROMANIA HAVE EACH SENT PARTICIPANTS. 
COURSE CAPACITY IS ABOUT ONE-HUNDRED, AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF 
WHICH CAN BE FROM THIRD COUNTRIES.  DEPENDING ON INTERNAL 
DEMAND AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE NUMBER OF NON-ITALIANS THE 
COURSE CAN ACCOMMODATE COULD POTENTIALLY BE AS HIGH AS FIFTY. 
INSTRUCTION IS IN ENGLISH.  THE CARABINIERI HAVE A LIMITED 
CAPACITY TO CONDUCT A PORTION OF THE TRAINING IN THE SENDING 
STATE, I.E. AUSTRIA, ESTONIA, ETC. 
 
3.  THE ITALIAN ARMY WILL INITIATE ITS FIRST PEACEKEEPING 
TRAINING COURSE FOR THIRD COUNTRIES IN NOVEMBER.  THE COURSE, 
WHICH IS STILL BEING PREPARED, WILL BE GEARED TOWARD 
LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS AND FOCUS ON DOCTRINAL ASPECTS OF 
PEACEKEEPING.  IT WILL BE HELD IN ENGLISH AT THE ARMY'S 
TRAINING CENTER FOR CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATIONS (CRO) IN 
CESENA, A SUBURB OF ROME.  IF THE COURSE IS SUCCESSFUL, THE 
ARMY PLANS TO RUN A TWO-WEEK COURSE FOR NON-ITALIAN STAFF 
OFFICERS NEXT YEAR.  CRO INSTRUCTORS ARE INTERESTED IN 
TRANSLATING AN APPROPRIATE U.S. ARMY PEACEKEEPING TRAINING 
MANUAL FOR USE IN THE COURSE.  DAO ROME WILL FOLLOW UP ON 
THIS REQUEST THROUGH MILITARY CHANNELS. 
 
4.  THE ITALIAN NATIONAL POLICE DO NOT CONDUCT TRAINING 
COURSES FOR THIRD COUNTRIES IN INTERNATIONAL CIV-POL WORK. 
 
 
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2004ROME02029 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED