SHAH ALAM: Early this month, Malaysian Defence wrote about the Army sending a company from 9th Royal Malay Regiment (Para) to the United Arab Emirates for Desert Tiger Exercise 6/2023. Yesterday, the King and UAE president Sheikh Mohammed Zayed Al Nahyan were present at the closing ceremony of the exercise,held at purpose-built FIBUA city in the western of the country.
Also present were Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan and Chief of Defence Forces TS General Affendi Buang. From Istana Negara:
27 Februari 2023 – KDYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong berkenan berangkat menghadiri Majlis Penutup Desert Tiger Exercise 6/2023 iaitu Program Latihan Ketenteraan Dua Hala Malaysia-Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE) di Al Hamra FIBUA City di Wilayah Barat UAE, hari ini.
Turut hadir, Presiden UAE Yang Mulia Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Seri Paduka Baginda diiringi oleh KDYMM Pemangku Raja Pahang Tengku Mahkota Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah dan YAM Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Hadir sama di majlis itu, Menteri Pertahanan YB Dato’ Seri Mohamad Hasan, Panglima Angkatan Tentera YBhg. Jeneral Tan Sri Affendi Buang, Timbalan Panglima Tentera Darat YBhg. Leftenan Jeneral Datuk Seri Mohammad Ab Rahman dan Duta Besar Malaysia ke UAE Tuan Yang Terutama Dato’ Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin serta pegawai-pegawai kanan Tentera Darat Malaysia dan barisan kepimpinan tertinggi Angkatan Tentera UAE.
Keberangkatan Seri Paduka Baginda, yang juga selaku ketua pemerintah tertinggi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ke majlis itu adalah atas persilaan Yang Mulia Sheikh Mohammed. Yang Mulia Sheikh Mohammed juga merupakan pemerintah tertinggi Angkatan Tentera UAE.
Kedua-dua pemimpin adalah rakan kolej di institusi latihan ketenteraan terkemuka dunia, Akademi Tentera Diraja Sandhurst di United Kingdom, pada tahun 1978 dan 1979 dan persahabatan akrab mereka kekal hingga sekarang.
Program latihan ketenteraan tersebut telah bermula pada 8 Februari 2023 atas tajaan Kerajaan UAE.
Ianya melibatkan seramai 14 pegawai dan 116 anggota daripada Batalion Ke-9 RAMD (PARA) dan lima pegawai dan 120 anggota daripada Batalion Ke-61 UAE Land Forces.
This was the first exercise to be conducted in UAE after such interactions were stopped by the PH government in 2018.
— Malaysian Defence
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Trying hard to mend relations clobbered by the 22 months PH government
PMX don't even dare after what happened to PM9.
The mending started with PM9, actually. And this would happened if he had stayed in power. PMX just got the desserts.