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Musanze, 1 March 2023

Today, delegates from the Armed Forces of East African Community (EAC) partner States started a three-day final planning conference for the 13th EAC Command Post Exercise (CPX) “USHIRIKIANO IMARA 2023" in Musanze, Rwanda.

While opening the conference on behalf of the RDF Chief of Defence Staff, Maj Gen Andrew Kagame, the Deputy Reserve Force Commander welcomed the delegates and reiterated Rwanda’s commitment to host the 13th EAC CPX Ushirikiano Imara 2023 scheduled in June this year.

The general objective of EAC Armed Forces exercises is to enhance the state of readiness and interoperability of EAC partner State Armed Forces, Police, Civilian components and other stakeholders in responding to complex security challenges.

The exercises are conducted in accordance with Article 2 of the East African Community Protocol on cooperation in Defence Affairs and pursuant to the Defence Sector calendar of activities.

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