Director-General of the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO), Ms. Elizabeth Dibble, paid a visit to the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding (CCCPA). The aim of the visit is to learn more about the Center’s areas of work and activities. The meeting was attended by Bradley Lynch, the MFO's Director General's Representative (DGR) in Cairo.

Ambassador Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Director-General of CCCPA highlighted Egypt’s leading role in the field of peacekeeping as the sixth largest troop-contributing country in UN Peacekeeping operations, emphasizing the noticeable increase in the number of Egyptian female peacekeepers in missions. He also provided an overview of the Center’s various activities and programs, especially in the field of peacekeeping training in cooperation with all relevant national institutions. In this context, he noted the close collaboration with the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the African Union (AU), in light of CCCPA’s role as an AU Center for Excellence, the Chair of the AU Network of Think Tanks for Peace (NeTT4Peace), as well as the Secretariat of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers (IAPTC) and the Secretariat of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development.

On her part, Ms. Dibble praised Egypt’s key role in advancing peace and security regionally and internationally, and expressed appreciation for Egyptian authorities’ continued support to the MFO, thus contributing to its success and facilitating its mission. She also commended CCCPA’s diverse activities and stressed her keenness to enhance cooperation with the Center.