A strong East African Standby Force is expected to start operations in 2015 after being established in 2013.
It’s against this background that today April 23, Rwanda Defense Force is hosting a meeting of 11 countries from the Eastern Africa region, to discuss about appropriate logistics required for the regional force EASF meant to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts in the region.
In a meeting held at Sports View Hotel- Kigali, members of the military forces from 11 countries are discussing how the combined force will be managed determining its budget and logistics needed.
Colonel Al Said Omar, from Djibouti -the chief of Staff in the activities of forming this Force said, the force will be meant to Prevent, manage, and solve conflicts but mainly treat the crisis beforehand, at any occurrence, in the region.
In his remarks, Major General Jacques Musemakweri, noted that he understands the shortage of logistics that occurred during a Field Training Exercise in Khartoum in 2011.
However, he added that The region is undertaking workshops of this kind as a result of the recommendations that were made during the after Action Review of the Field Training Exercise.
Maj. Gen. Musemakweri also said, “Some difficulties and challenges of course may arise but it is worth nothing that we will get through them as a region.”
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