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Carter Thanks Leaders in Trinidad and Tobago for Successful Conference

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In Trinidad and Tobago’s capital of Port-of-Spain today, Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with the Caribbean nation’s prime minister and national security minister during the 12th Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said.

Edmund Dillon, president of the 12th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, speaks during the conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 11, 2016. Dillion, the national defense minister for Trinidad and Tobago, and Prime Minister Keith Rowley met the same day with Defense Secretary Ash Carter. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Edmund Dillon, president of the 12th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, speaks during the conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 11, 2016. Dillion, the national defense minister for Trinidad and Tobago, and Prime Minister Keith Rowley met the same day with Defense Secretary Ash Carter. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Edmund Dillon, president of the 12th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, speaks during the conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 11, 2016. Dillion, the national defense minister for Trinidad and Tobago, and Prime Minister Keith Rowley met the same day with Defense Secretary Ash Carter. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
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Edmund Dillon, president of the 12th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, speaks during the conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 11, 2016. Dillion, the national defense minister for Trinidad and Tobago, and Prime Minister Keith Rowley met the same day with Defense Secretary Ash Carter. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Photo By: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
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In a statement summarizing Carter’s meeting, Cook said the secretary thanked Prime Minister Keith Rowley and National Security Minister Edmund Dillon for their leadership in hosting the conference, the first time the CDMA has met in the Caribbean.

Bilateral Cooperation

“They discussed a range of security issues in the hemisphere, and they all agreed that Trinidad and Tobago and the United States should pursue opportunities to expand bilateral security cooperation,” the press secretary said.

“The secretary and the prime minister also agreed that stability in the hemisphere should not be taken for granted and continued multilateral engagements like CDMA will help prevent complacency,” he added.

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