Nepal attends Indo-Pacific army seminar
Kathmandu– Fiji and United States of America organized 48th annual Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar last week.
Against the backdrop of the scenic Pacific Ocean, and a traditional kava ceremony, the armies of Fiji and the United States kicked off the 48th annual Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar and the 10th annual Senior Enlisted in Fiji. IPAMS is the largest conference for land forces in the region. It is co-hosted by the Fijian Army and United States Army Pacific, attracting senior army leaders from 21 Indo-Pacific countries.
IPAMS is the region’s longest and largest running multinational military seminar promoting security, peace and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. In 1977, IPAMS started with nine nations attending in Honolulu, Hawaii, and expanded to more than 31 nations attending the conference in Seoul, South Korea in 2018.
This year’s lists included: Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, United Kingdom and Vietnam. The SELF program was added in 2014, and this year drew the largest number of senior enlisted leaders with 16 participating.
