"From May 6-12, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart will travel to Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa, and Cairo, Egypt, to meet with leaders in government and academia as well as NGO officials," the State Department said in a statement.
While in South-Africa, Stewart will meet with faculty and graduate students at the Saldanha Bay Military Academy and Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, the statement said.
Stewart is also expected to deliver a speech at the Western Cape’s Branch of the South African Institute of International Affairs, the statement said.
The Assistant Secretary will then hold talks with officials at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa. Discussions will center on emerging technologies, nonproliferation, risk reduction and space affairs, the statement said.
In Egypt, Stewart will hold meetings at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo and meet with the Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States, the statement added.