Unbelievable!" Chinese officials responded to yesterday's announcement by pulling out of a recently formed U.S.-China cyber-security cooperation group.
Cameron's talks with his counterpart, Abdelmalek Sellal, will focus on security cooperation against jihadi groups in the wake of the hostage crisis in the Sahara, but there are significant economic interests at stake too.
He called the steps "a measured and gradual program of security cooperation activities" with the special forces group.
"This does damage to the individuals because they are named, danger to security cooperation because these are militias and groups that we work with and that is now well known, and danger to the investigation, because these people could help us down the road.
U.S. and European governments had spent years forging security cooperation ties with Tunis and Cairo to combat al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist groups.
Among other things, the Palestinian Authority, which governs in the West Bank, wants to maintain security cooperation with Israel and to prevent its rival, Hamas, the militant Islamic group that controls Gaza, from exploiting any tumult.
Our security cooperation shows some promise.
SECURITY COOPERATION 15. (C) Security Cooperation remains a strong point in our relationship with Tajikistan.
An Israeli security official said on Thursday there had been no changes in security cooperation.
DEFENSE INDUSTRY COOPERATION WEAK 16. (SBU) Historically the strongest area of our bilateral relationship, security cooperation, is significantly declining.
But such security cooperation by itself is not enough to guarantee security in Egypt or the region.
