Paraguay
Peña and the Massachusetts National Guard agreed to expand defense cooperation
The Paraguayan president met in New York with Major General Gary W. Keefe. According to La Nación Paraguay, they discussed cyber defense, air surveillance, military training and the modernization of the Armed Forces.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña held a meeting in New York with Major General Gary W. Keefe, commander of the Massachusetts National Guard, during his participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
According to La Nación Paraguay, the meeting addressed the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in areas such as military training, cyber defense, air surveillance and the modernization of the Paraguayan Armed Forces.
The meeting also served to mark 25 years of joint work through the State Partnership Program, an alliance between Paraguay and the United States that, according to that outlet, promotes projects related to military training, disaster response, humanitarian assistance and cyber defense tasks.
La Nación Paraguay also noted that the relationship is part of the State Partnership Program of the United States Department of Defense, officially established in 2001. In that framework, the Armed Forces of Paraguay, the National Police and emergency agencies work with U.S. personnel.
On logistical and health support, the outlet added that the Massachusetts National Guard channeled, through the U.S. Embassy and Southern Command, deliveries of supplies such as masks, biological protection suits, suction pumps, oximeters and field tents, in addition to medical assistance missions in vulnerable communities in the interior of the country.
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