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The next IOC mission to the USA will take place in April
A bilateral meeting between the IOC and representatives of the United States Embassy in Spain took place on Friday 8 March. The IOC’s Executive Secretariat, represented by the Executive Director, Jaime Lillo, and the Head of the Standardization and Research Unit, Mercedes Fernández, was welcomed at the US Embassy by Deputy Chief of Mission Rían H. Harris, Agricultural Attaché Karisha Kuypers, and Senior Agricultural Specialist Marta Guerrero. Both delegations discussed avenues for strengthening their cooperation.
Taking into consideration that the US is the world’s first importing country of olive oil, both parties welcome the opportunity of enhancing their collaboration and reinforcing the USA’s role as an IOC observer country. Ongoing and future IOC activities in the USA were also analyzed, particularly the details of the IOC’s upcoming mission to the American country in April, organized with the Organization’s strategic partner, the Culinary Institute of America (CIA).
