By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2015 — Defense Secretary Ash
Carter plans to host Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon in late October for
security talks here, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters today.
Cook said the bilateral meeting between the two defense
leaders will “underscore the strength of the U.S.-Israeli defense relationship
and further several of the initiatives discussed during Secretary Carter’s
visit to Israel in July.”
The secretary will place particular emphasis on consultations
regarding ways to enhance Israel’s security, the spokesman added.
During their July meeting, Carter and Yaalon focused on ways
to strengthen mutual security in the region from missile defense and
cybersecurity to Israel’s qualitative military edge and joint-contingency plans
for regional situations, according DoD News reports.
Carter’s meeting with Yaalon marked the secretary’s first
stop in a weeklong trip to three Middle Eastern nations, which also included
Saudi Arabia and Jordan, reports noted at the time.
“The secretary is looking forward to the visit by Minister
Yaalon,” Cook said of the October meeting.
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