Guyana signing on to US regional security project

The government is to sign a Letter of Agreement for a security pact with the US aimed at building local capacity to combat the narco-trade and root out dirty money in the economy, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday revealed.

Speaking to reporters at his post-Cabinet news briefing yesterday, Dr. Luncheon stated that Guyana will be signing on to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), which arose out of the 2009 Summit of the Americas, held in Trinidad. “The two parties have agreed on the design and the execution of