President Ali meets US Commander to promote Defense Cooperation
President of Dr. Irfaan Ali meets Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Craig S. Faller to promote Defense Cooperation. Office of the President posted all the details about this Meeting on the official page of Facebook account.
12th of January 2021

Guyana: President of Dr. Irfaan Ali meets Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Craig S. Faller to promote Defense Cooperation. Office of the President posted all the details about this Meeting on the official page of Facebook account.

Office of the President stated, “His Excellency, Dr. Irfaan Ali, accompanied dinner the previous night at the U.S. Ambassador’s residency to Guyana, Sarah Lynch, in honor of the visiting Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Craig S. Faller.”
Why is Admiral Faller here?
Admiral Faller is here for a three-day visit. During this time, he and the Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defense Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, will be contracting an Acquiring and Cross-Servicing Alliance on account of the two countries.

Purpose of Transferring Goods or Services:
The Convention is commanded to overlay transferring goods or services of equal value to promote future two-sided defense cooperation.
U.S. Southern Command’s top military leader last attended the country in 2017, when Guyana became the first South American nation to host the Caribbean Nations Security Conference.
Several Officials were present in the Meeting:
High-Level Government Officials were also already this eventide including the Honourable Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, the Honourable Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, and Chief of Staff Bess.

Public’s opinion on this Meeting:
People have started giving their opinions on social media, and their point of view matters. Beth Moodie commented, “Dear Sarah, What a crap show for democracy in the U.S.? How do you explain that to the Guyanese voters? Your president Trump doesn’t want to leave the office. Where is your speech on democracy.”

Selwyn Benjamin commented, “Exchange of goods n services of equal defense and cooperation, that’s interesting. “On the other hand, R.M.Singh commented, “Thank you, Madam Ambassador. Riggers are just jealous. People have shared this post more than 77 times in just four hours; that is more than often.
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