Venezuela and Zimbabwe sign 11 cooperation agreements

Published at: 27/06/2024 02:48 PM

The Minister of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe, Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, signed 11 strategic cooperation agreements on Thursday at the first meeting of the binational Joint Commission.

In detail, 8 memorandums of understanding were signed on the Study of Unilateral Coercive Measures and Other Restrictive or Punitive Measures; Application Use of Space Technology and Science; Investigation of Aviation Accidents and Incidents; Mining; Environment, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Forest Resources and Sustainable Development; University Education; Culture; Youth Affairs; and Hydrocarbons.

In addition, an act of completion of the First Joint Meeting on Venezuela-Zimbabwe Cooperation and an agreement on the Exemption of the Visa Requirement for Diplomatic and Service Passports were signed.

From the Casa Amarilla Antonio José de Sucre, in Caracas, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister indicated that a new cycle of cooperation began between the two countries that will allow us to continue paving the way towards the construction of a new world order, marked by multilateralism.

“We have successfully completed this objective in the midst of the historic moment that we had to live in and which calls us to rise to the new challenges to guarantee a decent life, common well-being and supreme happiness; something that is only possible with respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples,” he said.

The African diplomat said that he hopes to be able to meet again with the Venezuelan authorities within 6 months, in order to review and follow up on the signed cooperation mechanisms.

“It has been a very successful joint commission, which shows the importance that both parties attach to strengthening bilateral cooperation,” he said, while commenting that he was “very satisfied” with the “cordial manner in which the debates for mutual benefit were carried out.”

Both Venezuela and Zimbabwe considered that these 11 comprehensive strategic cooperation agreements will make it possible to face the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the collective West, which, to the detriment of international law, seek to twist the arm of sovereign nations that oppose their rules-based system of world order.

Under this argument, the foreign ministers assured that the ties of brotherhood and solidarity between Venezuela and Zimbabwe acquired a higher level and opened a new chapter in the new emerging foreign policy, which aims to build a multicentric and multipolar world, with the BRICS + group being a common goal for the parties that have already formalized their application for membership.

Caracas and Harare, which established diplomatic relations on April 7, 1987, are also joining forces in the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, a Venezuelan initiative created in July 2021.

MPPRE