The Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, received this Wednesday the Foreign Minister of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Rogelio Mayta, who is on an official visit to the country.
During the meeting, both diplomats ratified the bonds of friendship and cooperation between both nations.
Venezuela and Bolivia currently share cooperation projects in trade, energy, agri-food, science and technology, among other areas.
Floral offering to the Liberator Simón Bolívar
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Rogelio Mayta, placed this Wednesday a floral offering in front of the mausoleum of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, as a tribute to the Father of the Nation.
The information was released by the head of Venezuelan diplomacy through his account on the social network Twitter where he said that both authorities recognized the heroism and prominence in the independence struggle of both peoples.
“In the company of the Bolivian Foreign Minister, @RogelioMayta_Bo, we pay tribute to Father Liberator Simón Bolívar, recognizing his heroism and role in the independence struggle of our peoples.”
On the other hand, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister held an Extended Meeting of the Political Consultation and Coordination Mechanism this Wednesday, with his counterpart from the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Rogelio Mayta Maytain the Sucre Hall of the Casa Amarilla in Caracas.
The head of the foreign relations portfolio of Venezuela, emphasized that “the realization of this commission will allow to identify with greater clarity and in a more concrete way what are the projects from the economic, social, cultural point of view and from other areas to prioritize”, refers a press release from the MPPRE.
The Bolivian Foreign Minister stressed during this act that cooperation mechanisms are necessary “to continue strengthening ties of friendship, political perspective and economic initiatives,” which allow us to be prepared “for the complicated and difficult circumstances that are on the horizon of the humanity”.
The meeting was attended by the Vice Minister for Latin America of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, Rander Peña, as well as the ambassadors César Trómpiz and Sebastián Mitchell Hoffman, from Venezuela and Bolivia, respectively.
During the meeting, Vice Minister Peña explained that reaching this point is the product of “efforts and a very fluid, constant, dynamic conversation between the Bolivian diplomatic mission in Venezuela and our diplomatic mission in Bolivia.”
He also concluded that what corresponds next in the work agenda between both nations is “to define the date for the III Joint Integration Commission for Bolivia and Venezuela, and to finalize each of the details for the signing of the cooperation agreements.”
Foreign Ministers of Venezuela and Bolivia sign joint declaration
Within the framework of the bilateral work agenda between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia, this Wednesday their foreign ministers signed a Joint declarationthe result of the fruitful dialogue maintained by the diplomatic representations, a document that also reaffirms the ties of solidarity, complementarity and brotherhood that unite these nations.
In this Joint Declaration, the nations reiterated their willingness to strengthen cooperation in the economic-commercial, ecological, energy, mining, tourism, air connectivity, communication, mutual legal assistance, education at different levels, culture, security and defense areas.
They also highlighted the importance of the Political Consultation Mechanism and the “unrestricted commitment to the promotion and defense of sovereignty, as well as the self-determination of peoples.” In this same sense, they expressed the condemnation of the “imposition of unilateral coercive measures of economic harassment, which affect the right of the Venezuelan people to development.”
Similarly, Caracas and La Paz concluded by reiterating “the unwavering commitment to the Latin American and Caribbean union,” as well as the strengthening of integration mechanisms such as the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Trade Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP), and revitalize the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
Likewise, the two Andean nations promised to hold the III Venezuela-Bolivia Joint Integration Commission, in a place and date to be defined. In this regard, they also agreed to hold the II Meeting of the Mechanism for Consultation and Political Coordination in the city of La Paz soon.
