Asunción, Agencia IP.- President Santiago Peña stated this Tuesday that there are «doubts regarding some commitments made by the administration prior to ours» concerning cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He indicated that greater dialogue has been proposed, and discussions are underway with Donald Trump’s transition team, which will assume office on […]
Asunción, Agencia IP.- President Santiago Peña stated this Tuesday that there are «doubts regarding some commitments made by the administration prior to ours» concerning cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He indicated that greater dialogue has been proposed, and discussions are underway with Donald Trump’s transition team, which will assume office on January 20.
Peña expressed feeling «unsatisfied» with the current cooperation with the DEA. «There were doubts, and those are resolved through dialogue,» he said, while emphasizing the Government’s clear stance: to respect Paraguay’s sovereignty and its willingness «to engage in genuine cooperation with all countries that truly wish to work with us,» he stated to the media.
«We want to sit down and discuss with the DEA the framework that should govern the relationship and support. We are not satisfied with our experience over the past 15 months,» he reiterated this Tuesday from the Canindeyú department.
The Head of State traveled to this part of the country to congratulate the security forces that yesterday seized the largest marijuana shipment in the history of the fight against drug trafficking—approximately 57 tons ready to be sent to Brazil.
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