EAC’s Key Defense Stakeholders Discuss Regional Defense Cooperation

DAR ES SALAAM, Xinhua: Key defense stakeholders from member states of the East African Community (EAC) began their five-day meeting on Tuesday to discuss defense cooperation across the region, the EAC said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement said the 40th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Cooperation in Defense Affairs is currently underway in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha, the headquarters of the regional bloc.

The statement said the meeting features a comprehensive agenda that includes reports on the chief executive officers of EAC military-industrial facilities available for shared utilization, and a working group of defense experts to develop a roadmap for establishing an online repository of all documents used in EAC conferences and exercises.

They also reviewed the draft defense sector calendar of activities for the period from July to December 2025, according to the statement.