The commander of United States Southern Command, Laura Richardsonwill visit between the 5th and the 8th of this month Uruguay with the objective of meeting with senior government officials and prominent members of the Armed forces from the country.
The statement of the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay states that these meetings are intended to provide Richardson “the opportunity to hear the perspectives of leaders from both countries, discuss shared goals and challenges of mutual interest, and consider opportunities to further strengthen the bilateral military ties“.
This is the military leader’s first visit to Uruguay and your visit has the objective of learning more about the Armed Forces of Uruguay and “his lasting contributions to national and international security.” On the other hand, during his visit, Richardson will visit events focused on the support of the Uruguayan Armed Forces to the world peace and the regional stability.
From the embassy, they highlighted Uruguay as a country “recognized for defending the values of democracy and the peace in South America and a strong supporter of peacekeeping operations sponsored by the UN”.
In the publication of the Embassy American stressed that both countries have mutual interest in “the disaster preparednesspeace-keeping, human rightsmaritime security, cybersecurity, space cooperation, capacity development defending, education and vocational training, and integration of women in peace missions, defending and security”.
The government seeks to continue advancing the US visa exemption program
The government once again showed interest in continuing to advance visa waiver program USAafter a delegation from Department of Stateheaded by the secretary for the Southern Region of the Secretariat of Hemispheric Affairs, Kevin Sullivanwill visit Secretary of the Presidency, Rodrigo Ferréslast week.
At the meeting, in which he was also present Heide B. Fultonthe American ambassador to Uruguaythe issue of visa exemption for Uruguayans was discussed again, as well as a possible reinstallation of an office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEAfor its acronym in English).
At the beginning of the year, Uruguay had taken a new step towards the visa waiver program USA after he Minister of the Interior, Nicolás Martinelliwill sign next to the Ambassador Fulton a collaboration agreement on border security.
As he himself later said Martinellithis cooperation and information exchange agreement is “one more step towards the visa exemption program” and reflects that “Uruguay is very close to being one of the few countries in the world that will not need a visa to enter USA“.
Likewise, the exchange of innovation between both nations was discussed, after the North American government positively valued that Uruguay was chosen to promote a business accelerator and a network of high-risk capital investors in the region.
Source: Ambito
