April 21, 2023, 4:00 AM
April 21, 2023, 4:00 AM
President Luis Arce pointed out that the signing of 13 cooperation agreements with the Republic of Venezuela marks the restart of bilateral relations. He expressed that Bolivia is a “great ally” of the Bolivarian country to direct long-term projects, such as the idea of forming the “great homeland”.
“These agreements are the starting point of our relations between the national government and the Bolivarian government. We want Venezuela to feel that it has a great ally in Bolivia, which it has in Bolivia that partner not only for a commercial issue, but a strategic, structural and long-term issue with our country,” Arce said from Caracas.
In September 2022, Bolivia and Venezuela agreed to strengthen the bilateral relationship and cooperation and, regionally, revitalize the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) whose bloc was born in 2008 and is made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador , Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Yesterday Thursday, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela signed 13 cooperation agreements bilateral in areas of justice, cultural heritage, information, education, air transport, health, mining, productive development, foreign trade, science, energy and hydrocarbons.
The agreements were the result of the work carried out in the Third Bolivia-Venezuela Joint Integration Commissionwhich was closed yesterday in Caracas, Venezuela, by Presidents Luis Arce and Nicolás Maduro, in an event held at the Miraflores Presidential Palace.
The Venezuelan head of state commissioned his ministers to integrate the agreements into his agenda of priorities because there are “important” agreements on oil, gas and petrochemicals to unite oil and gas companies to ensure energy security.
“Rapier we are resuming it is a strategic alliance to which you have to dedicate time and look for results by sharing the wonderful experience we have in South America about the Bolivian and Venezuelan oil industry,” said Maduro.
During the Government of Jeanine Añez, Bolivia broke relations with the Venezuelans.
The closing ceremony was also attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Mayta, of Bolivia, and Yván Gil Pinto, of Venezuela, who installed the technical work of the Commission from Tuesday, April 18.
“The signing of these agreements and the adoption of other It is a sample of the good relationship that exists between both brother nationsa long and trustworthy friendship that has been built between Venezuela and Bolivia”, valued the Bolivian foreign minister.
The Bolivian Ministers of Hydrocarbons, Franklin Molina; of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza, and of Cultures, Sabina Orellana, were part of the delegation official who participated in the elaboration of the documents and signed them in their respective areas of competence.
