NAPLES, Italy – Allied Joint Force Command Naples J9 led an Expert Staff Meeting with Mauritanian Armed Forces in Nouakchott, Mauritania on July 11 to discuss future activities.

French Army Colonel Vincent Alexandre, JFC Naples Branch Head – J9 Division, and his relief,  French Army Lieutenant Colonel Franck Faubladier, led a  JFC Naples and Maritime Command delegation in a military partnership Exert Staff Meeting (ESM) with Mauritanian Armed Forces.

The aim of the ESM was to discuss past cooperation activities and to prepare future ones in accordance with Mauritanian Armed Forces’ requests and Military Committee Direction and Guidance.
 
Open discussions were conducted throughout the whole meeting. The JFC Naples delegation closed the ESM with an office call with Major General Hanan Ould Sidi, Mauritanian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff. Ould Sidi expressed his great satisfaction with the NATO-Mauritania cooperation and his wish to improve it in the fight against terrorism.