The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, authorized this Friday the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Iván Acosta, to sign an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters with Russia.
Through a presidential agreement published in the Official Gazette, the president granted full powers to the Minister of Finance and Public Credit so that, acting in the name and representation of the Executive branch, he signs the “Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters”.
Last September, Acosta, who is co-chairman of the Nicaragua-Russia mixed commission, led a delegation from the Government of Managua that participated in the VII Eastern Economic Forum of Russia.
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Moscow is an old ally of Managua, which during the first Sandinista government (1979-1990) provided Soviet weapons to the Nicaraguan Armed Forces.
Nicaragua is one of the few countries, along with Venezuela and the small island states of Nauru and Tuvalu, that have joined Russia in recognizing the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and that has received senior Russian officials since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
In addition, at the end of 2020 Nicaragua established a consulate in Crimea, a Ukrainian territory annexed to Russia, which led to the rejection of Ukraine.EFE
