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Chile-US defense consultation
committee starts meeting
Chilean Defense Minister Jaime
Ravinet opened the Chile-U.S.
defense consultation committee
meeting here on Tuesday.
Ravinet told reporters that
Chile and the United States have
a broad range of common
interests in security affairs
which increasingly go beyond the
simple buying and selling of
defense systems and the transfer
of related technologies to
include cultural and academic
exchanges and training.
Peter W. Rodman, U.S. assistant
secretary of defense for
international security affairs,
described the relations between
Chile and the United States as
"solid and mature," and said
Chile plays an important role in
regional and global security.
The Chilean delegation is formed
by Gabriel Gaspar, deputy
secretary of war, Gonzalo
Garcia, head of the chiefs of
staff, anddeputy secretary for
the navy Jorge Huerta.
The U.S. representatives also
include Rogelio Pardo Maurer,
deputy assistant defense
secretary for Western Hemisphere
affairs.
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