{"id":27683,"date":"2026-01-06T18:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27683"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:03:29","slug":"president-ali-u-s-secretary-rubio-discuss-strengthening-security-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-u-s-secretary-rubio-discuss-strengthening-security-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali, U.S. Secretary Rubio discuss strengthening security cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali held discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today as Guyana and the United States move to further strengthen bilateral security cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued by the U.S. State Department, Secretary Rubio commended President Ali for his leadership as a regional security partner and for Guyana\u2019s expanding role in promoting stability across the hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary reaffirmed Washington\u2019s commitment to deepening security cooperation with Guyana to address shared challenges, including illicit narcotics and firearms trafficking, which continue to threaten regional stability and economic resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both leaders underscored the importance of continued collaboration to disrupt foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal networks, while strengthening law-enforcement capacity and border security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagement reflects Guyana\u2019s growing strategic importance within the Caribbean and the wider Americas, as cooperation between Georgetown and Washington continues to deepen on matters of security and regional stability.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/President-Ali-and-Robio-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/President-Ali-and-Robio-1.jpeg 798w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/President-Ali-and-Robio-1-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/President-Ali-and-Robio-1-768x503.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Guyana Chronicle (Secretary Rubio with President Ali during his visit to Guyana in March, 2025.)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali held discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today as Guyana and the United States move to further strengthen bilateral security cooperation. In a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[488,412],"class_list":["post-27683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-488","tag-ncn-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27687,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27683\/revisions\/27687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}