Venezuela and India reviewed bilateral cooperation projects, with the purpose of continuing to join efforts for the benefit of the region.
The information was released by the Foreign Ministry of the Republic through its account on the social network Twitter, in which it specified that the meeting between the Vice Minister for the Caribbean, Raúl Li Causi; the Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP, Félix plasencia; and the Indian authorities was held as part of the preparatory meetings for the IX Summit of the Association of Caribbean States.
During the meeting, both countries evaluated the cooperation agreements, “in order to cooperate and join efforts in favor of the region.”
“Venezuela and India held a bilateral meeting in the framework of the preparatory meetings for the IX Summit of the #ACS. Opportunity where they reviewed the bilateral projects, in order to cooperate and join efforts in favor of the region,” the Foreign Ministry published on Twitter.
ACS Ministers Meeting
The meeting between Venezuela and India takes place as part of a meeting parallel to the participation of Vice Minister Li Causi in the 28th Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the ACS.
In addition, it was learned that during the meeting Guatemala handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Association to Suriname for the period 2023-2024.
“Vice Minister for the Caribbean, @rlicausi, participated in the 28th Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the ACS, in which Guatemala handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Association to Suriname for the period 2023-2024”, indicated the Foreign Ministry at the social network.
Cooperation with the ACS
The national government maintains support for the Association of Caribbean States to work and promote strategies that allow us to face new challenges.
In this sense, Venezuela is advancing together with the ACS the 2022-2025 Action Plan, which should be nourished by programs and projects that can meet the needs of the member countries of the Association based on the particular realities that each one faces, in their efforts to achieve a speedy economic recovery in the midst of the post-pandemic era.
It should be noted that last January, the chancellor of the Republic, Yván Gil, ratified the commitment of Venezuela in deepening the efforts to ensure cooperation and integration regional.
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The Association of Caribbean States was born on July 24, 1994 in Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia, where a Constitutive Agreement was established that laid the foundations of this organization.
The Member States of the ACS are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Among its focal areas currently are: trade, transportation, sustainable tourism and natural disasters.