Cuba and Venezuela FMs Vow to Brace CELAC
Havana, (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Venezuela, Bruno Rodriguez and Elias Jaua, respectively, agreed on the urge to consolidate the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) as space of regional sovereignty.
At a meeting in this capital, they noted the relevance of the 33-member bloc as key mechanism for Latin American and Caribbean integration in the advent of the Jan 27-28 Summit in Santiago de Chile where Cuba is to assume as rotating President of the organization born late in 2011 in Caracas.
The Ministers also talked on strategic relations and sisterhood between both countries and confirmed their development non -top while Jaua reaffirmed the gratitude of Venezuela to the Cuban government and people for their support to President Hugo Chavez, now recovering from surgery in Havana.
For his part, Rodriguez said Cuba will always side with Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution. (Full article)
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