Sheikh Mohamed and the visiting US Commander reviewed a broad range of topics dealing with enhancement of joint military and defense cooperation and coordination as well as exchange of expertise and training. Also raised in the meeting were a variety of issues of mutual concern.
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority (EAA), Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the US, and Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouie, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, attended the meeting.
Attending the meeting from the US were Andrew W. Steinfeld, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, Michael Corbin, US Ambassador to the UAE, and a number of advisors to General Dempsey.
The UAE and U.S. work together on security cooperation, integrated air and missile defense and command and control. The dialogue helps both countries improve capabilities, “so that the sum is greater than the parts, also so we can make it clear to other actors in the region that our partnership is intended to produce greater stability,” Dempsey said.
The better the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are able to cooperate, he added, the more secure this volatile region can be.
The United States has a long partnership with the United Arab Emirates and with the rest of the nations of the GCC “to the extent that we can refresh our partnership, refresh our understanding of threats, refresh our capabilities, [and] to not take each other for granted,” the Chairman said.
Source: WAM; U.S. Department of Defense
