Verónica Alcocer, First Lady of Colombia, held a meeting with her counterpart, Deputy Cilia Flores, and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, with whom she discussed the experience of the Orchestra System. She was later received by Nicolás Maduro himself, who said he shared the same vision “on the struggles for equality and justice for women.”
The first lady of Colombia, Verónica Alcocer, made a tight official visit to Venezuela on Tuesday, January 31, in the context of the reestablishment of relations between both nations, where she spoke with the ruler Nicolás Maduro and the first lady and deputy, Cilia Fores, about the equality and justice agenda for women, as well as diplomatic issues and joint projects involving the National System of Orchestras.
Alcocer arrived in the country on a Colombian Air Force plane on Tuesday morning and was received at the Simón Bolívar International Airport by the Minister for Women, Diva Guzmán, and the newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Tatiana Pugh.
Around 12:00 pm, Alcocer arrived at the Miraflores Palace where she was received by the first lady, Cilia Flores; Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, together with Minister Guzmán. At the meeting, according to the transmission of the state channel VTVreviewed a bilateral agenda to unify the fight for women in Colombia and Venezuela.
#POLITICS | ?? ?? The first lady of Colombia, Verónica Alcocer, will meet this Tuesday with Cilia Flores, and President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to “strengthen joint work between the two countries” and talk about cultural issues, according to the Colombian Presidency . pic.twitter.com/Epe24e3Fs1
– Through the middle street (@plcdelmedio) January 31, 2023
Alcocer traveled accompanied by José Ignacio Zorro, Vice Minister of Culture; Manuel Grau; Firm adviser, and two other people.
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The first lady of Colombia traveled to Venezuela to discuss in a meeting the advances in terms of diplomatic reactivation between both nations and the total reopening of the border.
During his visit, Alcocer “learned about the Venezuelan gang system and its possibility of adapting it in Colombia, as a contribution to the physical and cognitive development of girls, boys and adolescents, as well as promoting the cultural wealth that the territory possesses,” explained the House. de Nariño in a statement.
“We are going to work much more so that the orchestras develop much more, with all the support that can be given from Colombia and Venezuela,” he said for his part. the first lady and deputy Cilia Flores.
Hours later, Verónica Alcocer was received again at the Miraflores Palace, this time by the Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, who thanked her for visiting the country. “We are pleased to receive her and share our vision on the struggles for equality and justice for women and the new challenges we have,” she said in a tweet from her Twitter account.
Pleasant meeting with Verónica Alcocer, First Lady of the Republic of Colombia. We are pleased to receive it and share our vision on the struggles for equality and justice for women and the new challenges we face. pic.twitter.com/GnOTLNxrzx
— Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) January 31, 2023
The visit of the first lady of Colombia takes place A few weeks later that the president of the neighboring country, Gustavo Petro, and the president Nicolás Maduro held a second meeting in Caracas, after the restart of bilateral relations in September 2022.
In the joint declaration of that day, they referred to the progress to achieve the negotiation of the Agreement regarding the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, the revision of the Partial Scope Agreement number 28 that governs bilateral trade, while the leaders discussed the situation after the opening of the border bridges between Venezuela and Colombia.
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