COLONEL KANAT BARMANBAEV
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
By Mr . Charles ENTRAYGUES ( FRA ), LANDCOM Public Affairs Office
The Military Cooperation Team working in Armenia .
Nationality : Kyrgyz Age : 40 Languages : English , Kyrgyz , Russian and Turkish
Where do you work in LANDCOM and what are your duties ?
Here in the NATO Allied Land Command I am working in the G9 Military Cooperation Branch . I prepare and organize the Mobile Training Teams in different countries such as Georgia , Jordan or Tunisia with whom NATO has agreement in different partnership program like Partnership for Peace , Partner across the Globe , Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative . We build relationships between member nations and NATO Partner countries .
How long is your assignment in LANDCOM ?
I have worked in LANDCOM since early 2018 , and like most of the members of partner nations I will work here for a 3-year assignment . So I will continue my duties until 2021 .
What was your previous assignment ?
Before coming here to Izmir , I worked in the Kyrgyz Republic , as the Chief of Interaction Department , for the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek City .
What is the importance of the Partnership for Peace program for your country ?
The importance of the partnership for peace program in my country is that it provides some tools which will help our military unit to improve military capability and interoperability by using NATO standards . They are more effective ; they also provide a better and more fluent way of working with other Nations . These standards can help us to reach a better level of interoperability between different ways of working .
How many Mobile Trainings Teams have you already prepared since your arrival ?
Since my arrival here , I prepared different MTTs they are Operational Planning Process , Civil Military Cooperation , Analysis and Reporting , Communication & Information System , Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield and Logistic Operational Planning Process in five different countries that are Georgia , Moldova , Morocco , Jordan and Tunisia .
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