Defense Ministry delegation to visit Washington for talks on strengthening defense cooperation with US

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Ministry Director-General Eyal Zamir speaks at the 2023 Herzliya Conference, May 22, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)
Defense Ministry Director-General Eyal Zamir speaks at the 2023 Herzliya Conference, May 22, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)

A delegation led by Director General of the Defense Ministry Eyal Zamir will travel to Washington, DC, this week to discuss “the strengthening of defense-strategic cooperation [with the United States], with an emphasis on the procurement processes, to preserve Israel’s qualitative edge in the region,” the ministry says.

The ministry says Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the visit.

Zamir will meet with officials at the US Department of Defense and Department of State, according to the ministry.

He will be joined by the head of the ministry’s Political-Military Bureau, Dror Shalom, the head of the ministry’s Directorate of Defense R&D, Danny Gold, Israel’s defense attaché to the US, Maj. Gen. Hidai Zilberman, and the ministry’s representative in Washington, Omer Haim, among other officials.

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