His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali received a courtesy visit from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the US, Daniel Erikson
His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali received a courtesy visit this afternoon at the Office of the President from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere at the US Department of Defense, Daniel Erikson.
Discussions were based on areas of mutual interest including regional security, food security, climate change, information sharing, narcotics monitoring and disaster risk management.
President Ali was joined by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the Honourable Anil Nandlall; Minister of Home Affairs, the Honourable Robeson Benn; Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Honourable Omar Khan; Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken; National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia and the Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Colonel Sheldon Howell.
US Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Adrienne Galanek; Joint Staff Deputy Director for Policy, Plans, and Programs, Western Hemisphere, Brigadier General Gregory Krane; Caribbean Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Amon Killeen and other US representatives were a part of the engagement.
