Defence diplomacy in South Africa will be further enhanced when the South African Department of Defence and Military Veterans host an inaugural South Africa/Malawi defence committee meeting at Defence Headquarters in Pretoria.
The two day meeting to be co-chaired by the Acting Secretary for Defence, Mr Tsepe Motumi and his Malawian counterpart, Mr Patrick Kachimera will among other things discuss defence cooperation between the two countries in areas of training, peacekeeping and technical assistance.
The inaugural defence committee meeting between the two countries is a sequel of a defence cooperation agreement which the countries signed in South Africa on 25 February 2008.
Department of Defence and Military Veterans Acting Secretary for Defence, Mr Tsepe Motumi says, “The forging of close bilateral relations between the two countries is important in addressing regional and continental security challenges?”
South Africa has signed defence cooperation agreements with most Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states.
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Issued by: Department of Defence
24 November 2009
