Administrator Green met with Saleumxay Kommasith, Laos Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss current priorities and initiatives. Administrator Green met with Patrice Talon, President of Benin, to discuss how to strengthen the partnership between USAID and Benin. D.A. Glick spoke in Poland about countering authoritarianism and malign influences in vulnerable parts of the world. Former USAID colleague and now U.S. Ambassador Erin E. McKee met with USAID and local partners in Papua New Guinea to launch a biodiversity project.