LIMA 2017: Malaysia could train Saudi submariners
Discussions about Malaysia providing submarine training to Saudi Arabia are at a preliminary stage, and nothing has been finalised yet, the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), Adm Ahmad Kamarulzaman, revealed.
On 2 March, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein issued a statement saying that, as part of current Malaysia-Saudi Arabia defence cooperation efforts, Malaysia had offered the sharing of expertise and training for members of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) in regard to operating submarines.
Speaking at a press conference on 7 March, Kamarulzaman stated that the RMN had excess capacity in its submarine training infrastructure located at RMN
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