Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas opened the 7th Dialogue on Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Relations convention center on 29 November 2017. Vargas in his welcoming words expressed the firm and decided commitment of the Medina administration to back the objectives of peace, security and progress of the initiative. He mentioned the Medina government implementation of the 911 program and the strengthening of government entities under the Center of Emergency Operations (COE), among other measures.
The meetings bring together Caribbean and US experts to discuss strategies to fight transnational crime under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) begun under the Barack Obama administration in 2010.
The dialogue brings together more than 200 officials from security agencies of the Dominican Republic, the United States and 15 member countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
During the event, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Edmund Dillon, on behalf of Caricom, signed a memorandum of understanding for the exchange of information and intelligence on matters of security and defense of mutual interest with Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas.
Also speaking at the event were Francisco Palmieri, US principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Douglas Slater, assistant secretary general Caricom; and Canada Ambassador Shauna Hemingway, among others.
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Presidencia
30 November 2017
