U.S. Participation in the Inaugural Regional Security Conference in Martinique

From June 29 to July 3 the United States participated in the inaugural Regional Security Conference in Fort-de-France, Martinique, convened by France under its G7 Presidency. Ambassador Herschel Walker led the U.S. delegation at the ministerial plenary, joining heads of state, foreign ministers, and senior officials from across the Caribbean and Latin America, alongside representatives from the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), the Regional Security System (RSS), the Organization of American States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Ambassador Walker reaffirmed that Caribbean security is American security, and that the United States will not allow transnational criminal organizations or narco-terrorist networks to threaten the sovereignty and prosperity of nations in our hemisphere. The Ambassador called on all countries not yet party to the Treaty of San José on Illicit Narcotics Trafficking to join and encouraged enhanced collaboration on maritime domain awareness, interdiction capacity, and port and infrastructure protection.