PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING

UNCLAS AMMAN 001098 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA, NEA/IPA, INL/CIV E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KWBG KPAL JO IS SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING IN JORDAN, RETURN TO WEST BANK REF: AMMAN 485 ¶1. (SBU) The first group of Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard (PG) personnel to train at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) completed their two-month training program in Jordan and took part in a graduation ceremony on April 13. United States Security Coordinator Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton spoke at the ceremony, as did dignitaries from Jordan's Public Security Directorate and the Palestinian Authority. ¶2. (SBU) All of the 418 PG trainees departed Jordan via the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge, without incident on the Jordanian side of the Jordan river, and entered the West Bank during the early morning of April 14. ¶3. (SBU) Approximately 600 National Security Forces personnel are continuing their four-month program at JIPTC and are scheduled to conclude their training and return to the West Bank on May 27. Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ HALE