U.S., Peru to hold military, political talks next week

Guy Taylor The Washington Times - March 15, 2013, 02:19PM

The State Department on Friday announced that it will host extensive military and political talks with a delegation from Peru in Washington next week.

The talks, building on a 2011 dialogue begun in Lima, will focus on implementing the non-binding memorandum of understanding that was signed in 2012 by Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Peruvian Ambassador Harold Forsyth.

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The dialogue “focuses on a wide range of security and defense issues, including shared strategic challenges in the region and continuing efforts to enhance partnerships in security cooperation, peacekeeping, civil-defense cooperation, nonproliferation, and disarmament and nuclear security,” the State Department said in a statement.

The talks will be held March 18 and 19 in Washington.

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Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor is the National Security Editor at The Washington Times, overseeing the paper’s State Department, Pentagon and intelligence coverage and driving the daily Threat Status newsletter. He has reported from dozens of countries and been a guest on the BBC, CNN, NPR, FOX, C-SPAN and The McLaughlin Group.

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