Cuban FM visits Venezuela to strengthen cooperation ties

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla arrived in Venezuela Monday in order to work on strengthening the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement signed between both Governments in October 2000.

Upon his arrival at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Rodríguez was guest to the Deputy Foreign Minister for the Caribbean Raúl Li Causi.

During his stay in Venezuela, Bruno Rodríguez will hold a series of meetings with Venezuelan senior officials in order to strengthen exchange relations for various sectors of bilateral interest, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter.

In recent statements, President Nicolás Maduro praised the willingness of both Governments to move on the refoundation and strengthening of cooperation ties, adjusted to present international situation.

“We´re taking the way towards a creative and deep refoundation of bilateral cooperation to improve and strengthen mutual support”, with a view to a new stage of prosperity for both countries and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicolás Maduro stressed during an official visit paid by Cuba´s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero.

Maduro laid stress on the significance of adapting bilateral collaboration to new times, in order to have a positive impact on social, economic and cultural life of the Cuban and Venezuelan peoples; “We’re going down that path,” Maduro said, while stating that Venezuela and Cuba have built in the last two decades a deep network of cooperation allowing both nations to face up several situations in a united and creative manner, in a model of collaboration that is an example for the rest of the world.