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Break Out Groups

Breakout Group 1: Maritime Security in the Region

Maritime Security in the Region

 

 

Chair: Admiral (Retd) Jacques Lanxade, Former Chief of Defence Staff, France

  

  • Vice Admiral Patrick Walsh, Commander, US Naval Forces, Central Command; Commander US FIFTH Fleet

  • Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, UK

  • Major General Ahmad Yousef Al Mulla, Chief of Naval Forces, Kuwait

   

 

Breakout Group 2: Regional Military Strategies and CT Challenges

Regional Military Strategies and CT Challenges

 

Chair: Field Marshal The Rt Hon Lord (Peter) Inge, Former Chief of Defence Staff, UK
 

  • Major General Mohammed Bin Faisal Abo Sak, Saudi National Guard

  • Lieutenant General Fahd Al Amir, Chief of Staff, Kuwaiti Armed Forces

 

 

 

 

 

Breakout Group 2: Regional Military Strategies and CT Challenges

GCC Relations with Iraq and Iran: Energy Security and Defence Implications

 

Chair: Georg Boomgarden, Secretary of State, Federal Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Germany

 

  • Yousuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdulla, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Oman

  • Dr Abbas Maleki, Head, International Institute for Caspian Studies, Iran

  • Labid Majeed Abbawi, Under Secretary for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq