A/ASP Watisoni Nino and Deputy Commissioner of Corrections Akuila Namakadre before
he left to attend the course.

The importance of having bilateral, trilateral or multilateral cooperation in dealing with security conflicts cannot be overemphasized.

This was one of the lessons learnt by two senior Correction officers while attending the recent Advanced Security Cooperation Course at the Honolulu-based Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies.

The officers are Assistant Superintendent Watisoni Nino and Superintendent Isireli Nataqa.

“We found that we cannot work in isolation, we need to work with other parties to be able to resolve issues.

“There is also the use of traditional and non-traditional security to resolve security issues. Both security methods can be very effective when used at the appropriate time,” A/ASP Nino explained.

Another lesson learnt is that diplomacy is a vital component in our daily activities.

“Diplomacy enhances national and regional capacity to respond to security challenges through multilateral cooperation,” he added.

A total of 73 fellows from 30 countries successfully completed the course, which was aimed at enhancing individual leader capabilities in critical thinking, communication and collaboration, among other things.

The Fiji contingent consisted of six personnel – two from the FCS, 2 from the Fiji Police Force, one from the Foreign Affairs ministry and one from the Defence ministry. 

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