AUSTRIA EXTENDS TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL

UNCLAS VIENNA 000755 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR INL - DARBY, TYSON AND ALEXANDER STATE ALSO FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR KCRM JO IZ AU SUBJECT: AUSTRIA EXTENDS TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL POLICE TRAINNG CENTER (JIPTC) -- REQUESTS INFORMATION ON FUTURE PLANS REF: A. VIENNA 377 ¶B. STATE 15955 ¶C. JIPTC E-MAIL 3/7/07 ¶1. Please see action request para. 4. ¶2. In a March 21 meeting, Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter told Ambassador that the GOA is sympathetic to the notion of continuing the deployment of Austrian trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). There are no immediate plans to withdraw the two trainers who remain. However, Platter said he would appreciate more information on our current thinking regarding how long we would continue to need the trainers. ¶3. In a separate communication on March 22, Brigadier Kurt Hager, who manages the international police training missions for the Interior Ministry, reiterated that the two trainers remain at JIPTC "in order to participate further in the current management course as trainers." However, he requested "information from the U.S. side on further plans" in order to make a determination concerning an extension of the trainers' participation. ¶4. Action request: We would appreciate guidance concerning the further duration of training at the JIPTC and expectations of the need for the continued presence of the Austrian trainers. Kilner