Ministro de Defensa de Paraguay, Diógenes Martínez, junto a su homólogo peruano, Jakke Valakivi, visitan instalaciones del SIMA. Foto: Difusión.
Paraguay Defense Minister Diogenes Martinez paid an official visit to Peru, and toured the Navy Industrial Service (SIMA) facilities, which reminded him the intense movement and work in Chinese shipyards.
“Everything I’ve seen has been positive, from the technology they use to the academic level of soldiers at armed institutions in Peru,” said Martinez, who thanked Peruvian military forces’ offer, cooperation and support to provide preparation and training to Paraguay.
SIMA CEO, Rear Admiral Silvio Alva, informed him of the work done for the state and other clients.
Alva noted the work undertaken by training ship BAP Union, Itinerant Platforms for Social Action' (PIAS) in the Amazon, patrol boats on the coast and rainforest areas, as well as the construction of the multi-purpose ship.
He spoke about the plan to strengthen the navy arsenal, including a project to upgrade the submarine fleet.
Martinez visited the patrol ship BAB Rio Grande, where he was shown the technology used by this new vessel.
At the end, he toured different compartments at BAP Union joined by his Peruvian counterpart Jakke Valakivi, Commander General of the Peruvian Navy Adm. Edmundo Deville del Campo and Paraguayan Ambassador to Peru Julio Duarte Van Humbeck.
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Published: 6/30/2016