{"id":48355,"date":"2023-06-26T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/defence-minister-marizamunda-stresses-need-for-collaboration-to-overcome\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:13:07","slug":"defence-minister-marizamunda-stresses-need-for-collaboration-to-overcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/defence-minister-marizamunda-stresses-need-for-collaboration-to-overcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Marizamunda stresses need for collaboration to maintain regional security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While officiating the closing ceremony, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Rwanda, Juv\u00e9nal Marizamunda said that the exercise has reinforced the notion that through collaboration and mutual support, partner states can overcome any obstacle that threatens the stability and security of our region.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy engaging in integrated exercises, we have not only honed our operational efficiency but also forged strong bonds of trust and friendship among our military, police and civilian personnel. The problem of ensuring common security has been a matter of concern for all ages but the twenty-first century has defied all the benchmarks as we knew them,\u201d said Marizamunda.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the exercise serves as a testament to partner states&#8217; shared determination to enhance interoperability and consolidate their collective security response mechanisms and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise aims at enhancing interoperability in joint planning and conduct of operations, practicing EAC Standard Operating Procedures at operational and tactical levels and promoting EAC integration agenda and its awareness among the key objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Five contingents from Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda (which is the host) brought together over 600 army, police and civilian participants.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57474\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg\" alt=\"Defence Minister Marizamunda has stressed the need for collaboration to overcome obstacles that threaten regional security.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57475\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fzjk0miwiaaf1bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57476\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fzjk0mjwyaacvfl.jpg\" alt=\"The exercise was officially concluded on Monday 26th June 2023. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57477\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fzjk0mkwwaa2ywn.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{EAC member states Armed Forces, police personnel and civilians have concluded a two-week long Command Post Exercise (CPX) \u201cUshirikiano Imara&#8221; in Musanze district.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000057478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000057478,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fzjk0mhwiaeyjas.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000057478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48355"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48355"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}