Between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia, 13 cooperation agreements were signed this Thursday in different areas within the framework of the III Venezuela-Bolivia Joint Integration Commission.
Here are the agreements signed between both nations:
- Cooperation agreement between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the protection, conservation, recovery and restitution of cultural heritage assets, which have been the subject of robbery, theft, looting, export, import, transport, transfer, traffic and/or illicit marketing.
- Memorandum of understanding on educational matters between the Ministry of Popular Power for Education of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Education of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Popular Power for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia on cooperation in justice matters.
- Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Popular Power for Health of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Health and Sports of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for cooperation in health training.
- Memorandum of understanding for cooperation in mining matters between the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecological Mining Development of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Popular Power for National Commerce of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Memorandum of understanding on academic cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of People’s Power for Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia on trade strengthening.
- Memorandum of understanding between the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN) and the Bolivian Information Agency (ABI).
- Agreement between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia for cooperation on hydrocarbons.
- Agreement on air services between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Memoranum of understanding between the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia for cooperation in gas matters.
- Reliability agreement PDVSA GAS – Bolivian fiscal oil fields.
Venezuela and Bolivia strengthen ties of friendship
During the act of signing the agreements, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, pointed out that this working day between the democratic and revolutionary government of Bolivia and the Revolutionary Government of Venezuela has been an accurate step to build a comprehensive relationship between the two towns.
Maduro proposed adding the signed issues to the priority agenda of each Ministry and each company. “We have just signed 13 cooperation documents that must be carefully worked on by our governments,” he said.
“More than a memorandum of understanding, these 13 documents are sworn commitment documents between our peoples to launch a new stage of joint work, union and integration between our sister Bolivia and Venezuela,” he stressed.
He highlighted the importance of signing new agreements with Bolivia in the area of the petrochemical and gas industry. “What we are resuming is a strategic alliance to which we have to dedicate time and achieve results.”
In this sense, the national President said that Venezuela may be certifying the third or fourth gas reserve in the world. “The advances of the Bolivian gas industry in recent years are admirable (…) We must learn from them,” he said.
In this same order of ideas, the head of state ratified the proposal that Bolivia and Venezuela become a central axis of petrochemical investments to guarantee the fertilizers that farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean need.
On the other hand, President Maduro highlighted the ability of the Bolivian people to rise up and in less than a year reverse the coup d’etat, win the elections and install Patriot President Luis Arce.
“The historical struggle of our revolutionary processes is reaching a special moment to meet the great changes in the world (…) There is no doubt, compañero Luis Arce, that victory is on our side, we are on the right side of history, we are with our peoples,” Maduro said.
Air alliance Venezuela – Bolivia
Maduro urged guaranteeing the immediate deployment of the air alliance between the Bolivian Aviation Company (BoA) and the Venezuelan Aviation Company Conviasa, “in order to fly through the air in South America, Central America, the Caribbean and the world.”
The objective is to be able to unite the destinations, airports and air capacities of both nations, highlighted the Venezuelan Head of State, along with his colleague from the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Arce.
In cultural matters, the President pointed out that based on the alliances that have been signed this Thursday afternoon, the diverse and rich cultural identity of both will be put at the forefront of the integration and union processes of the peoples of Bolivia and Venezuela. nations.
“The cultural alliance, the educational alliance, the alliance of the native peoples, the alliance to advance in the processes of formation of our youth, are fundamental elements that we have to guarantee their development,” he indicated to his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce.
Recognition
The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, delivered the replica of the sword of Carabobo to his counterpart from the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Arce.
“That sword that I have given you is for the rebel force to take away, with the revolutionary dignity of our Liberator for the battles that he has to fight for the happiness of the people of Bolivia. (…) Go with that force -President Luis Arce-, the original force of the liberator Simón Bolívar for the battles that you are going to fight, for the victories that you are going to conquer”, he stressed.
He emphasized that the guarantee must be generated that “now we are going to advance without stopping and we are going to weave the network in the spirit of the peoples of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), in the spirit of the Community of States Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), give the spirit of the union of our Caribbean America”, where “Venezuela and Bolivia are at the forefront building a new world and envisioning an alternative model to savage neoliberal capitalism (…) an alternative model where the people be the protagonist and have the power”.
The Dignitary also ratified his call to fight against all forms of war that seek to end the hope of the peoples.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries were officially established on September 14, 1883, although both nations were united much earlier, as a result of the independence campaign of the Liberator Simón Bolívar and the Grand Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.
Since the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution and the Change Process in Bolivia, these nations marked a before and after in the integration process. From then on, cooperation diversified into areas such as energy, education, social and culture, among others.
Similarly, they have maintained an active participation in various multilateral spaces, such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), among others.
Currently, Caracas and La Paz are working on a broad bilateral cooperation agenda within the framework of the III Venezuela-Bolivia Mixed Commission, installed last Wednesday, after several months of meetings, in which working groups advanced in the concretion of the agreements in strategic areas such as academic, cultural, health, energy and commercial.
