Kenya and taKenya and the United Kingdom will scale up their cooperation in the war on terrorism. Speaking on Saturday during a meeting at State House, Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta and British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond agreed on the need for the two countries to share counter-radicalisation strategies to curb terrorism. At the meeting that centred on Kenya and the UK’s cooperation in defence, security and commercial partnership, President Kenyatta said a consolidated approach in the fight against terror
is key to ending the scourge. Hammond said the UK is keen on taking its bilateral relations with Kenya to a new level of cooperation for the benefit of the people of the two countries. He said defence and energy generation are priority areas. “We would like to see our defence cooperation moving forward and have annual joint military trainings,” Hammond said.he United Kingdom are set to scale up their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.Speaking on Saturday during a meeting at State House, Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta and British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond agreed on the need for the two countries to share counter-radicalisation strategies to curb terrorism.
At the meeting that centred on Kenya and UK’s cooperation in defence, security and commercial partnership, President Kenyatta said a consolidated approach in the fight against terrorism is key to ending the scourge.
Hammond said the UK government is keen on taking its bilateral relations with Kenya to a new level of cooperation for the benefit of the people of the two countries.
He said defence and energy generation are priority areas for the partnership.
“We would like to see our defence cooperation moving forward and have annual joint military trainings,” Hammond said.