{"id":25017,"date":"2022-06-25T23:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/africom-office-of-security-cooperation-is-not-a-us-military-base-defenceweb"},"modified":"2022-06-25T23:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:28:29","slug":"africom-office-of-security-cooperation-is-not-a-us-military-base-defenceweb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/africom-office-of-security-cooperation-is-not-a-us-military-base-defenceweb","title":{"rendered":"AFRICOM Office of Security Cooperation is not a US military base-DefenceWeb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>DefenceWeb, a respected military and defence publication has stated that recently created United States\u2019 Office of Security Cooperation in Zambia is not to be confused with a US military base.<\/p>\n

Recently, leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile, asked Vice President Mutale Nalumango, a question during the Vice President\u2019s Question Time in Parliament, about the relevance of American security and Zambia.<\/p>\n

He asked: \u201cThere have been no consultations between Zambia and SADC member states on Africom [Africa Command] and other members have rejected it. To allow it to be set up in here casts Zambia in a bad light. Shouldn\u2019t Zambia rethink this decision?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Vice President in May said in Parliament that, \u201cThe office being created is an office of security cooperation that will be located at the USA Embassy. This office will work with the Zambia security services. Zambia has no intention of hosting any military base on Zambian soil.\u201d The MP is not the first to publicly question Zambia-US security ties.<\/p>\n

Indeed, African adversarial critics, Southern African media reports, and African analysts have raised alarm bells following the US Africa Command public affairs office publishing confirmation of the April 25th opening of an Office of Security Cooperation at the US Embassy in Zambia.<\/p>\n

An Office of Security Cooperation is not a US military base. The Office of Security Cooperation plans and manages US security assistance programmes, facilitates the transfer of requested defence materials, training, and services to partner nations, and promotes military-to-military engagements, defenceWeb has learned.<\/p>\n

Security assistance is a core US foreign policy activity jointly developed, funded, and implemented by US Department of State and the US Department of Defence.<\/p>\n

In Zambia, the United States provides pre-deployment training assistance for Zambia\u2019s deployment to the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic as well as institutional capacity staff development and facilities enhancements for Zambia\u2019s peacekeeping training centre at Nanking.<\/p>\n

It is understood, from a State Department spokesperson with direct knowledge of the command\u2019s programme, that the US also provides international military education and training (IMET) to professionalize Zambia\u2019s military forces.<\/p>\n

The Department of Defence HIV\/AIDS (DHAPP) programme provides $12 million annually to support Zambian security forces with technical assistance and mentoring to prevent, manage, and treat HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n

In Africa, many US Embassies have either an Office of Security Cooperation or Defence Attach\u00e9 Office which oversee security assistance programmes, defenceWeb has learned. The recently created office in Lusaka is not unique.<\/p>\n

The United States says it works with partner countries to counter transnational threats and malign actors, strengthen security forces, and respond to crises to promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.<\/p>\n

The US-Zambia security partnership will help advance stability in the southern Africa region, a State Department spokesperson said. US Africa Command is keen to emphasise its partnership strategy and help states like Zambia to strengthen security forces and respond to crises to promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.<\/p>\n

US Africa Command emphasizes that it focuses, \u201con the development of professional militaries which are disciplined, capable, and responsible to civilian authorities and committed to the well-being of their citizens and protecting human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. DefenceWeb, a respected military and defence publication has stated that recently created United States\u2019 Office of Security Cooperation in Zambia is not to be confused with a US military base. 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