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Wednesday 22 November 2017

FAR Inspector General Receives Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff

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FAR Inspector General Receives Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff

Upon the high instructions of HM the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of general Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), Lieutenant-General, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces received Tuesday at the FAR general staff headquarters in Rabat the Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff, Lieutenant-General Sheikh Gueye.

The talks, which took place in the presence of Senegal’s ambassador to Morocco, touched on military cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries, said a statement by FAR general staff.

This cooperation is part of the exceptional relations between the two brotherly countries, which are based on historical ties between Morocco and Senegal, it added.

The two sides hailed the positive military cooperation between the two countries’ armed forces, which includes training and exchange of visits and experiences.

Initiated in 1969, the training of Senegalese officers and NCOs at FAR’s schools and training centers has always been the main axis of Moroccan-Senegalese military cooperation. More than two thousand officers and NCOs have so far received training at the Kingdom's military schools.

This cooperation was subsequently extended to equipment assistance. 

The artificial rain programme “Al Ghait”, which was successfully conducted thanks to FAR’s means and skills, is part of this assistance.

On the humanitarian front, and upon High Royal Instructions, Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces set up an Advanced Medical Hospital in the province of Casamance in 2006 and cleared mined areas, the source added.

Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff is on a working visit to Morocco (Nov. 20-25) at the head of a large military delegation.

-MAP-21/11/17