Army chief returns to Jordan after anti-Daesh conference

AMMAN — King’s Military Adviser and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Gen. Mashal Al Zaben on Tuesday returned to the Kingdom after participating in the chairmen of chiefs-of-staff conference to combat Daesh held in Kuwait.

On the sidelines of the event, Zaben met with some counterparts and discussed military relations between the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) and the armies of these countries, according to a JAF statement.

Zaben also met with Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah and conveyed His Majesty King Abdullah's greetings to Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and the Kuwaiti people. He also met with Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, deputy president of the Kuwaiti National Guard, and reviewed ways to enhance military cooperation.