The Italian Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur, His Excellency Mr. Massimo Rustico accompanied by his Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Pietro Tombaccini, made their courtesy visit to the ASEANAPOL Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur on 6th April 2022. His visit was generously welcomed by the Executive Director of ASEANAPOL Secretariat, Police Brigadier General Zaw Lin Tun accompanied by Police Senior Superintendent Joni Getamala, as Director for Police Services, Police Superintendent Tang Yik Tung as Director for Plans and Programmes and fellow officers.
The visit was highlighted by a brief presentation of each other’s organizational mandate and how it could help and assist each other’s goals, objectives and possibly synchronize efforts in the pursuance of respective entities / bodies and was followed by a discussion on area of potential cooperation such as terrorism, syndicated - organized crimes and capacity building initiatives.
The Ambassador also thanked and appreciated for the approval of THE ITALIAN PUBLIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT (PSID) as an observer of ASEANAPOL which was being endorsed in ASEANAPOL Conference 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. PSID will also consistanly to provide some capacity buildings for ASEAN Member Countries. It is concurrently with Italy policy as the status of ASEAN-Italy Development Partnership Committee.