President Louis Abinader will meet with General Laura J. Richardson, commander of the United States Southern Command, who was invited to the reception for the Graduation Ceremony of the Sixty-first Class of Cadets of the Dominican Republic Army.
In the meeting to be held today, topics such as cooperation and security efforts between both nations, donations made to the country (military vehicles, ships, mobile hospitals) and gender integration, women leaders, peace and security will be discussed.
In addition, future events will be agreed upon (command forces 2023, among others).
The president will be accompanied by the Defense Minister, General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa, and the Army Commander General, Major General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre.
The commanding general of the southern command from the United States, Laura Richardson, has been in the Dominican Republic since Monday night.
One of the reasons for his visit is to start the mission in the country of the hospital ship USNS Confort, which will provide medical services from Tuesday until December 5.
This afternoon, Richardson, opened the Women’s Health Fair in the so-called “Mission Comfort Dominican Republic 2022.”
It is estimated that during the ten days that they will have medical activity in the country, some 7,000 patients will be operated on, where around 100 surgeries will also be performed and will impact 35,000 Dominicans.
Laura Richardson is a four-star general from the United States. She is currently the highest-ranking woman in the armed forces of that country and since October 2021 she has been commander of the United States Southern Command, a US military unit that coordinates the military and security actions of that country on the American continent.
The Southern Command also coordinates counternarcotics actions, joint military exercises, and humanitarian efforts by the United States military forces in the hemisphere.
