Khartoum - Minister of Defence, 1st Lt. Gen. Awad Ibn Ouf received in his office, Sunday, the Saudi Ambassador in Khartoum, Ali Hassan Gaafar, who handed the Minister a

written message from the Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman to attend the concluding ceremony of Gulf Shiled 1 which will take place on Monday 16th April 2018 in the Eastern Area (Samit Square) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Minister and the Ambassador discussed in their meeting the growing bilateral relations between Sudan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia especially in military fields.
For his part, the Saudi Ambassador praised the sacrifices of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Arab Alliance in Yemen.
It is worth noting that  24 countries participated in the exercise, which included air, land and navy units in addition to air defense systems and special forces unit carrying out mock scenarios to attack and control huge areas of alleged enemy territory.

The aim of the maneuver was to ensure effective coordination between multi-national units from the 24 countries to maintain peace and security against modern adversaries — be it classic warfare or war operations against a non-state threat.

The exercise is considered one of the biggest in the region for the number of troops taking part in it; and is similar to operations like ‘Desert Storm’ in 1990-1991, and ‘Northern Thunder’ that took place in ‘Hafr Al Batin’ region in Saudi Arabia in 2016.

The Saudi Arabian-led exercise aimed to show the capability of Kingdom forces to plan and execute intricate military planning to manage seamless operation in various theaters of conflict using the most developed communication and mapping technology to operate modern weapon systems.

Four of the participating armies are classified part of the ten most important armed forces in the world. The exercise demonstrated the 24 armed forces’ ability to liaise and operate in real time to attack missile launching sites, naval coastal control and protection, in addition to Special Forces’ lightning attacks, village door-to-door sweeps as well as clearing vital installations after an unconventional munitions attack.