The Guyana Defence Force hosted a delegation from the First Jungle Infantry Brigade for the Sixteenth Regional Military Conference- Guyana/ Brazil at the Savannah Inn, Lethem over three days.
The conference’s location is rotated annually between Guyana and Brazil.
The Brazilian delegation was led by Brigadier General Franklinberg De Freitas and comprised Col Wilson Mendes Lauria, Lt Col Jose Arnon Dos Santos Guerra, Lt Col Osmar B Souza Jr. Major Regis Rodrigues Nunes, Maj Marcos Americo Vieira Pessoa, and 2Lt Michael Marcelo Zagury Reis De Souza.
The Guyanese delegation, led by Col George Lewis, comprised Maj Sherwin Anderson, Maj Delbert George, Maj Meer Khan and Capt Eon Murray.
Discussions focused on a number of security matters relating to the Guyana- Brazil border. These included transnational crime, cross border trade, and the security challenges posed by the recently opened Takutu River Bridge and the road linking Lethem and Georgetown. Additionally, a number of agreements were concluded and signed.
Among them were the sharing of information between the two armies, as it relatedto border matters, and sporting exchanges between the Guyanese troops stationed in Lethem, and the Brazilian troops stationed in Bom Fin.
The Regional Meeting of Military Exchange is an annual event held between the border commands of Brazil and Guyana.
