ZANZIBAR'S Second Vice- President, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi, has said that peace, stability, and security are key in the integration of the East African Countries.
In his brief speech before closing the 'command post - Natural fire 11' US - East African countries joint exercise in Zanzibar, the vice-president emphasized on military networking and collaboration in the region.
He thanked the US-Africom forces in supporting the development of the region, and added that the East African countries were strongly linked and that such joint exercises would help fortify the cooperation.
A joint military training exercise involving about 300 officers from defence forces of EAC partner states and the United States Africa Command (US-Africom) was held at the Chukwani Military Centre in Zanzibar.
Ambassador Seif Ali lowered the EAC flag to symbolize the closure of the command post exercise, which was flagged off by the Tanzanian Minister for Defence and National Service, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, last week.
Both the vice-president and Dr Mwinyi praised the US Government for the assistance that made the exercise, codenamed Natural Fire 11, possible, describing it as a good partner in building peace and stability in the region.
In separate occasions, the Director of the exercise, Major General Said Shaaban Omar, and the US- Africom's Major General Hogg, informed the gathering of the success of the exercise focused on peace building, pandemic response, disaster management, counter terrorism, and counter piracy.
Tanzanian Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Abrahman Shimbo, said at the closing ceremony that the concept of the exercise, which aimed at developing the capacity of EAC defence forces to respond quickly and efficiently to complex security challenges, was adequately met.
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