The Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas, Christopher Dodd, will lead a delegation from the US Government, which will visit Ecuador.
The Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas, Christopher Doddwill lead a delegation from the United States Government, which will visit Ecuador between this Monday, January 22, 2024 and next Thursday.
The delegation will also be made up of the Commander of the United States Southern Command (Southcom), Army General Laura Richardson, and the Deputy Undersecretary of the Office of Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Christopher Landberg.
The senior officials, along with other civil and military officials, will visit the South American country to listen and consider options to accelerate bilateral security cooperation.
Analyze collaborative approaches to confront the threats posed by transnational criminal organizations.
The agenda of the US delegation in Ecuador includes meetings with the president, Daniel Noboa, and the heads of the ministries of Defense, Government, Foreign Relations, as well as Economy and Finance.
Furthermore, with senior officials from the law enforcement and justice sector; as well as with representatives of civil society at the forefront of the fight against corruption.
This will be the second visit to Ecuador of presidential advisor Dodd and General Richardson.
Richardson will also meet with men and women serving in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces during events held at various commands, units and facilities in the country.
Security cooperation between the United States and Ecuador focuses on shared objectives and interests, including collaboration and information exchange to combat transnational criminal organizations, bilateral and multinational capacity-building exercises, and humanitarian assistance missions, he indicated. the Embassy in the statement.
Other bilateral commitments include exchanges of experiences, conferences and training events on disaster preparedness, cyber defense, space cooperation, maritime security, aviation, human rights, communications and logistics, the letter states.
Last Wednesday, President Noboa confirmed that he will gladly accept the cooperation of the United States to combat organized crime within the framework of the “internal armed conflict” declared by his Government and requested equipment, weapons and intelligence.
“I would gladly accept the cooperation of the United States. We need equipment, we need weapons and we need intelligence,” Noboa said in an interview with CNN after having controlled the crisis of violence experienced on January 9 in his country.