Visit of the Director-General of International Relations of the Peruvian Ministry of Defense.

On June 23, at the “Casa del Soldado”, General Porfirio Fuentes Vélez. Director-General of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), received the Director-General of International Relations of the Ministry of Defense of Peru.

The meeting is part of the activities through which the different institutions of the continent contribute to the knowledge and strengthening of the Inter-American System; having as a fundamental objective the exchange of experiences and the strengthening of expertise on issues related to the organization, projection and joint overcoming of the challenges inherent to the multidimensional security and hemispheric cooperation.

The IADB, for its part, dealt with the history, achievements, perspectives and objectives of the institution, as an essential part of the articulation of the different nations; fundamental topics such as: cyber defense and cybersecurity, natural disasters, humanitarian demining, knowledge and application of the complementary training programs that the board has been developing for the benefit of its member countries and confidence and security building measures, among others, were also addressed.

These types of activities take place within the context of the commemoration of 80 years of cooperation and hemispheric solidarity of the Inter-American Defense Board and contribute to the strengthening of the response capacity and services provided by the institutions of the American continent.