Israel: Military Aid
Defence
Written answers and statements, 19 October 2009
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood, Independent Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent meetings have taken place between senior members of the UK armed forces and representatives of the Israeli Defence Force; what the purpose of each meeting was; and who attended each meeting.
Bob Ainsworth (Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence; Coventry North East, Labour)
holding answer
There has been one such meeting: the Chief of the Defence Staff visited Israel in Sep 09. He met with his Israeli counterpart Gen Ashkenazi and other senior members of the Israeli military. He also went to the Occupied Palestinian Territories and met with senior Palestinians including the Minister of the Interior and the President's Chief of Staff. The purpose of his visit was in support of the middle east peace process.