(MENAFNEditorial) CAIRO, Egypt, January 10, 2018/APO Group/ --
Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Robert Karem joined Air Marshal Younis alMasri,Chief of the Egyptian Air Force, in cohosting the Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meeting on January 8-9. The MCC, which meets annually,is the premier bilateral forum for planning and coordinating security cooperation strategy between the United States and Egypt. With this meeting, the two nations further strengthened the strategic partnership between our two militaries, and defined the priorities for facing mutual security challenges, such as the threat of terrorism and violentextremism.
In hisopening remarks,ASD Karem highlighted that terrorism and its sponsors endangerregional stability and global security, andsaid thegoalof the conference is 'to strengthen our partnership, and to take our relationship to a new level to address these strategic challenges together. ASD Karem also met with Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhy to discuss bilateral cooperation.
Major General Ralph Groover, the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy Cairo, said, 'This week's meetingis a clear demonstration of theenduring U.S. Egyptian relationship. Together, we have forged a clear path for our security cooperation over the coming years, and I look forward to enhancing the military partnership with Egypt.
ASD Karem'sdelegation includedrepresentatives from the fourbranches of the armed services,the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, theJoint Staff, U.S. Central Command, as well asthe Department of State. Over the course of the conference, the delegation and their Egyptian counterparts developed plans on how to bestfocus U.S. militaryassistance, in the form ofresources, mutualtraining, and internationalexercises,on the foremost security threats. The delegations discussed how thenext Bright Star joint military exercisecould follow the success of Bright Star 2017 and further improve the ability of the two countries to operate together on the battlefield to defeat terrorist forces.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy - Cairo.
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