Guyana, Brazil discuss territorial integrity

Military Commander of the North of the Brazilian Armed Forces, General Carlos Alberto Neiva Barcellos and President David Granger on Wednesday discussed several areas relating to security and territorial integrity as well as the existing areas of cooperation between the two countries.

General Barcellos paid a courtesy call on the President earlier today. He was accompanied by Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier George Lewis, Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. LineuPupo De Paula, Colonel Oswaldo BeneditoRomao DaSilva and Colonel Emerson DaSilva, both of the Brazilian army and Major Meer Khan of the GDF.

Brigadier Lewis, in an invited comment, said that the Brazilian team is in Guyana for discussions with the GDF in areas of cooperation, in an effort to build a stronger, friendlier relationship between the two military organisations.