GDF Chief of Staff at regional security conference

Guyana is being represented at the 2014 Caribbean Nations Security Conference (Cansec) by Brigadier Mark Phillips, Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force.

A release from the United States Embassy said that Dominican Minister of Defence Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez and General John F Kelly, Commander of the US Southern Command (Southcom) had announced that the Dominican Republic and the United States are jointly hosting the conference from Tuesday to today at the Hilton Santo Domingo.

The conference will discuss the progress of ongoing efforts to improve the region’s security and information-sharing