Chief of the General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, met earlier this week with the Commander of the Kenyan Military , General Jeremiah Mutinda.

General Mutinda arrived in Israel on Sunday for a week-long work visit, as the guest of the Ministry of Defense, in order to strengthen the military cooperation between the two nations and examine a possible cooperation with the Israeli Defense Industries. This is the first visit by a Commander of The Kenyan Military in the IDF in over a decade.

During his visit, the General will attend security and strategy briefings from military officials, tour the Israeli Defense Industries and visit a naval base and the Yad Vashem Museum.

The IDF and the Kenyan Military cooperate on different security matters.

(IDF Spokesman)