President Biden met today with President Dina Boluarte of Peru at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Lima, Peru. President Biden congratulated President Boluarte for Peru's successful APEC host year and thanked her for Peru's longstanding partnership with the United States. The two leaders discussed U.S.-Peru cooperation in security and counternarcotics, economic investment and trade, and space collaboration.
President Biden reiterated our commitment to support Peru's counternarcotics capabilities through a $65 million security assistance package that includes the planned transfer of nine Black Hawk helicopters. He thanked President Boluarte for Peru's close coordination on counternarcotics, including Peru's decision to approve measures required to share radar information between the United States and Peru for the first time in a decade. President Biden also highlighted a California Caltrain donation of more than 100 locomotives to the city of Lima to promote cleaner transportation. Lastly, President Biden discussed our expanded space cooperation with Peru, including through a NASA Sounding Rocket Memorandum of Understanding that NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Peruvian counterparts signed as part of this visit.
The two leaders also discussed the challenges in Venezuela. President Biden thanked Peru for its support at the Organization of American States and the United Nations to call for the return to democratic governance in Venezuela.
