His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday received US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley.

Discussions at the meeting covered means to advance the defense partnership between the United States and Jordan. International efforts to counter terrorism within a holistic approach were also discussed.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Yousef Huneiti attended the meeting, Petra news agency reported.

Earlier, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Yousef Huneiti on Monday welcomed a US military delegation led by Commander of the Central Command (CENTCOM) Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla.

The meeting, which was attended by high-ranking officers from both countries' armed forces, focused on joint cooperation and coordination in military fields to achieve the aspired goals to serve the armed forces of the two countries.

Meanwhile, frogmen in the Royal Jordanian Navy (RJN) and Royal Boats Command carried out last week a joint training drill with the friendly U.S. side, as part of the activities of the joint naval exercise ‘Infinite Defender 2023.’

The training session featured operational diving with Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) and Shark Marine equipment in the operations area, as well as building and detonating underwater explosions and simulated and real mine construction operations using underwater cameras (ROV), according to a RJN statement.

The two-day training aims to exchange Jordan-U.S. expertise in the areas of planning, command and control, and develop the participants' capabilities in the training field and raise level of their combat competencies, the statement noted.