𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗔 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝗙𝗜𝗥 𝗖𝗢

The Australian Defence Attaché, Colonel Andrew Harrison-Wyatt, paid a courtesy call to the Commanding Officer (CO) of the First Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Sirino Ropate at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Tamimi Camp in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, 20th of March 2024.

This is Col. Harrison-Wyatt’s first official visit to Lt. Col. Ropate since he took command of the 1FIR in January of this year. He was given an Operation Brief by Lieutenant Robert Curuqara before he was hosted to a late lunch prepared by the troops.

The Australian Defence Force has been supporting Fijian troop rotation in all its mission areas through the Vuvale Partnership Framework between the two forces.