The Executive Vice President of VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez, and the Prime Minister of Cuba, Manuel Marrero, analyzed this Monday in Caracas new opportunities for cooperation, in order to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
Rodríguez and Marrero also reviewed the bilateral alliance with the aim of “perfecting and strengthening it,” said the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), which broadcast images of the meeting, which was attended by other officials from both countries.
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– Manuel Marrero Cruz (@MMarreroCruz) March 6, 2023
Caracas and Havana promote agreements in the energy, scientific, health, economy, education, sports, and culture sectors, among other strategic areas, points out a report of Latin Press (PL).
The Cuban delegation was also made up of Vice Prime Minister Ramiro Valdés; the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy; the Minister of Health, José Angel Portal, and the Cuban ambassador to Venezuela, Dagoberto Rodríguez, in addition to other authorities.
On behalf of Venezuela, government representatives from the economy, public works, services, science, technology, education, health and energy sectors were present, VTV said.
Meanwhile, the official newspaper Granma Add that the axis of the dialogues with the Venezuelan authorities focused on updating the Cuba-Venezuela Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement.
Marrero has been visiting Caracas since Saturday, as part of a delegation headed by former President Raúl Castro. Castro had arrived for the tributes for the tenth anniversary of the death of Hugo Chávez and is now back on the island.
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In May of last year, Marrero arrived in Venezuela to strengthen mutual interests and ties of friendship, as well as to support President Nicolás Maduro and the civic-military union of the Venezuelan people, according to what the Cuban prime minister said at the time.
Both countries have been political and economic allies since the so-called Bolivarian revolution came to power in 1999, he points out. efe. Starting in the year 2000, the oil nation became the main supplier of crude oil to the island through an agreement that grants preferential prices in exchange for medical and educational services.
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