‘Shanti Prayas-III’, a training programme aimed at easing the UN Peacekeepers while in deployment in various conflict flash points, kicks off at Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre in Panchkhal, Kavre, on Monday. 

A total of 1,024 peacekeeper trainers and cadets from 28 nations are taking part in the two-week-long training, the Nepal Army (NA) said on Sunday. 

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will inaugurate the training to be organised jointly by the NA and the US Pacific Command.  

Besides Nepal, peacekeepers from Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Magnolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ghana, Rwanda, Jordan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Fiji, Mexico, Uruguay, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United States and the UK are participating in the training.