The EU lends a hand to the Arab League for its OpsCenter (Update)
(BRUSSELS2, exclusive) At a time when the mission of Arab League observers in Syria is being renewed, the Europeans could lend a hand to the organization to structure its command centre. It was, in fact, a project started a few weeks ago already, quite discreetly, which goes beyond the framework of the current mission of the observers. The objective is, in fact, for the Arab League to equip itself with an OpsCenter - command center or Situation Room depending on the name - capable of acting in the event of a crisis, in the short term or in the long term, whether be it a natural disaster, a technological disaster or a conflict.
A European mission has thus left for Cairo in terms of crisis management. With a few EU specialists, who take turns on the spot, they are going to explain to their Arab counterparts their experience in the matter, which is particularly useful today. The Europeans, however, want to remain quite discreet; a request from the Arab League, which fears any accusation of interference.
(update) A senior European diplomat confirmed the information from B2 in front of a few journalists on Friday 20 January. " We provide technical assistance to the Arab League, in particular to help them set up the Situation Room. The Arab League asked us in particular to train the staff of the Situation room »
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