Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (left) and prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Terrance Drew (right) speaking on the phone. Photo: Twitter/@NicolasMaduro.
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke with the new prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Terrance Drew, who was sworn in on August 7.
“I had a telephone conversation with Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, to whom I expressed my congratulations for his victory last August 5,” President Maduro wrote on Twitter. “Venezuela reiterates its commitment to strengthen friendly relations with the peoples of the Caribbean.”
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The Venezuelan president expressed his wish to strengthen cooperative ties between both nations during the conversation.
Likewise, he expressed his desire to continue providing cooperation through the Petrocaribe Energy Supply Agreement, in addition to agri-food projects and regional air connectivity.
A través de los mecanismos de Petrocaribe y la ALBA-TCP, reiteramos nuestra voluntad de trabajar con el Gobierno de San Cristóbal y Nieves, con el fin de consolidar una cooperación de beneficio compartido para ambos pueblos. ¡Viva la integración de Latinoamérica y el Caribe! pic.twitter.com/WOr1wggTzO
— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 9, 2022
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These new projects would be financed by the bank of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA–TCP).
President Maduro also confirmed that Venezuela’s friendly hand is extended to Saint Kitts and Nevis.
“Long live the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean!,” wrote the Venezuelan president in a second tweet.
Venezuela and Saint Kitts and Nevis are both members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America–Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA–TCP).
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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