International
Bahamas attends Sixth Annual Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue
By Oswald Brown
Oct 20, 2016 - 12:48:07 PM

Mr. Chet Neymour, Charge d’ Affaires a.i., Embassy of The Bahamas, is pictured standing far right.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sixth Annual Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue, which is part of the Caribbean Security Basin Initiative (CBSI) launched by President Barack Obama in 2009, was held on October 18, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

The Dialogue brought together Ministers of National Security and other high level representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United States, and other international partners, and served as an opportunity for all parties to discuss ways in which to strengthen regional cooperation and partnerships on matters of citizen security, including crime prevention and social justice, terrorism, countering violent extremism and cybersecurity.

The Bahamas Government was represented at the Dialogue by Mr. Chet Neymour, Charge d’ Affaires a.i., and Ms. Krissy Hanna, Second Secretary of  the Embassy of The Bahamas, in Washington, D.C.

 

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