HIBAPRESS – Rabat
By supreme instructions from the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Mohamed Bridy, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, Commander of the Southern Zone, discussed today, Thursday, at the General Command of the Southern Zone, with General Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), who is visiting Morocco as part of the twenty-second edition of the "African Lion" exercise.
During this meeting, the officials discussed various aspects of bilateral military cooperation, particularly operational training, where the joint organization of the "African Lion" exercise annually since 2004 demonstrates the dynamism of this multifaceted military cooperation. On this occasion, the Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, Commander of the Southern Zone, and Major General Mohsen Bensdira, Head of the Third Bureau of the General Command of the Southern Zone, were awarded the Order of Merit of the United States of America. These two medals were presented during an official ceremony, on behalf of the US Secretary of War, by General Dagvin Anderson, Commander of "AFRICOM".
