The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) continue to advance in the reinstatement of the exchange of spaces for fluid dialogue, with the aim of promoting the economic and social development of both countries.
The progress between the two nations was consolidated this Wednesday through the meeting at the Miraflores Palace between the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, and the delegation of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency that is in Venezuela on a working visit, reported a note of the Chancellery.
“I received the team from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency to work on a diverse development agenda that benefits our peoples and strengthens respect for our natural territories. Work and more work together!”, published the first President on the social network Twitter.
nourished meeting
Together with the Head of State, the first combatant of the Republic, Cilia Flores; the chancellor of the Republic, Yván Gil; the Vice Minister for Latin America of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Rander Peña, and the deputy to the National Assembly, Nicolás Maduro Guerra.
On the Brazilian side, the delegation that is on a working visit to the country was made up of the ambassador and director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, Ruy Carlos Pereira; the charge d’affaires of the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas, Flavio Macieira; the general coordinator of Humanitarian Cooperation, José Solla Vásquez Junior; from the General Coordination of Technical Cooperation for Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, María Augusta Montalvão Ferraz; and the manager of the General Coordination of Technical Cooperation for Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, Wolney Matos de Andrade.
Warley Efrem Campos, coordinator of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA); Michelline Carmo Lins Aguiar de Freitas, supervisor of International Technical Cooperation of the Brazilian Agency for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA); Carmem Helena Ferreiro Foro, National Secretary of Institutional Articulation-Thematic Actions and Political Participation of the Ministry of Women; and Leno Rodrigues de Queiroz, who is the general coordinator of the Risk Management Department of the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development.
productive exchange
According to the note of the Chancellerythe meeting was held after in March both nations reviewed, in a virtual meeting, issues of common interest in the context of the recent restitution of bilateral relations.
Last March, the Vice Minister for Latin America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Rander Peña; and the Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ambassador Gisela Padovan; they addressed aspects of cooperation in the border, cultural, health, energy and commercial economic spheres, a common denominator of the axes of cooperation established between both nations.
“For Venezuela, it is extremely important to be able to once again establish the exchange of fluid dialogue spaces with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency,” Peña said on that occasion.
Bilateral relations between Venezuela and Brazil
The relationships between Venezuela and Brazil They resumed the path of diplomatic ties after the election of Lula da Silva on October 30, 2022 as the new President of the Republic.
both governments they intend to fully restore relations of cooperation and historical friendship as neighboring nations, which were affected during the term of the former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In this sense, Venezuela and Brazil They have reaffirmed their commitment to advance a joint work agenda for the benefit of both peoples, which began on January 1 after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
It should be noted that last March the foreign ministers of Venezuela and Brazil, Yván Gil and Mauro Vieria, respectively, held a pleasant meeting to discuss the bilateral agenda and continue advancing in the new stage of relations between the two countries.
The meeting was held in Santo DomingoDominican Republic, ahead of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which was held with the participation of 22 countries, reported Xinhua.
About the ABC
The Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) was created in 1987 to plan, coordinate, negotiate, approve, execute, monitor and evaluate, at the national level, programs, projects and activities of technical cooperation for development. in all areas of knowledge of the country abroad and from abroad to the country, in bilateral, trilateral or multilateral formats.
In the cooperation received from abroad towards Brazil, this body acts in two segments: multilateral and bilateral. The first occurs with an international organization; the second, with a developed country.
The cooperation received aims to accelerate the process of social and economic development of Brazil, by strengthening the capacity of national institutions at the three levels of the federation (national, state and municipal), through the exchange of technology and knowledge .
In more than 30 years of existence, the ABC has executed around 8,000 projects (of cooperation provided and received) in areas such as public administration, family farming, urban issues, science and technology, culture, defense, social development, education and food. school, industry and commerce, justice, environment, energy, livestock, fishing, planning, health, public safety, work and employment.
